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INDIANA  ^^OLUNTEER  ^J 


NFANTRY 


,  1861  -  SePtember»  1865 


by  ©rder  of  the  Tvegimental  ^Association 


1888 


PRESS  OF 
WILSON,  HUMPHREYS  &  CO. 

LOGANSPORT,  IND. 


fften  of  tfye  ^orto^stxtlt  He0tntentt 


For  the  Private  Soldiers  are  the  true  Heroes  of  the  War;  not  the  officers,  upon 

whom  too  generally  falls  all  the  credit  of  successful  action.     They 

bear  the  weight  of  the  heavy  blows  sent  by  the  enemy, 

while  the  glory  earned  by  them  too  often  settles 

around  those  who,  although  more  promi 

nent  upon  record,  are  often  less 

so  upon  the  field. 


PREFACE. 

AT  the  annual  meeting  of  the  FORTY- SIXTH  INDIANA  REGI 
MENTAL  ASSOCIATION,  held  at  Delphi,  Ind.,  in  September 
last,  it  was  determined  that  a  History  of  the  Regiment  should 
be  prepared,  and  a  committee  was  appointed  to  compile  the 
work.  The  duty  has  been  performed,  and  the  Committee  pre 
sents  this  volume  as  the  .result  of  its  labor,  in  the  hope  that 
the  book  will  serve  the  purpose  of  the  Association,  in  giving 
the  survivors  of  the  Regiment,  in  sufficient  detail,  a  record  of 
most  of  the  incidents  of  the  service. 

The  Committee  does  not  pretend  that  it  has  succeeded  in 
compiling  a  work  that  will  entertain  the  general  public,  though, 
to  many  outside  of  the  organization,  it  may  prove  interesting. 
It  was  designed  to  furnish  the  survivors  of  the  Regiment,  their 
families  and  friends,  a  book  which,  now  and  in  future  years, 
may  recall  the  stirring  and  exciting  scenes  through  which  the 
Regiment  passed. 

Much  difficulty  has  been  encountered  by  the  Committee,  in 
reaching  facts  and  dates  through  the  memory  of  the  members 
of  the  Regiment.  The  lapse  of  a  quarter  of  a  century  has  dimmed 
the  memory  of  nearly  all,  and  left  many  interesting  facts  and 
events  forgotten.  With  the  material  at  hand,  the  Committee 
has  done  the  best  that  was  possible,  and  believes  that  the  His 
tory  will  be  found  as  complete  as  could  be  expected. 

The  service  of  the  Regiment  was  varied.  It  served  on 
land  and  water.  Much  of  its  time  was  spent  on  gunboats, 
transports  and  flatboats.  It  served  in  Kentucky,  Tennessee, 
Missouri,  Arkansas,  Mississippi,  Louisiana  and  Texas.  It  was 


-yi  PREFACE. 

often  engaged  independent  of  other  regiments.  It  was  in 
active  service  nearly  four  years,  and  with  many  of  its  original 
members  as  officers.  It  was  in  many  important  actions,  and 
acknowledges  one  bona-fide  retreat.  The  members  of  the 
Regiment  were  harmonious,  and  the  most  unwelcome  order  was 
always  promptly  obeyed. 

The  members  of  the  Committee  acknowledge  the  pleasure 
they  have  enjoyed  in  reviving  many  forgotten  incidents  of  the 
service,  and  the  companionship  of  the  comrades  of  those  event 
ful  days.  Even  the  fatigue,  the  danger  and  the  suffering  of  the 
times,  were  compensated  for,  by  the  acts  of  kindness  they  called 
out,  and  cannot  be  forgotten. 

The  record  of  no  Indiana  regiment  was  dimmed  by  any  act 
that  dishonored  its  members  or  the  State.  The  Forty-sixth 
simply  claims  that  it  was  an  Indiana  regiment,  and  that  its 
members  are  satisfied  with  its  record. 

THOS.  H.  BEING  HURST, 
FRANK  SWIGART, 
July  2,  1888.  Committee. 


The   Q*6rl-SictH  (Indiana 


CHAPTER  I. 

ORGANIZATION.—  FIRST  MARCH.—  INDIANAPOLIS.—  MADISON.— LOUISVILLE. 
—  CAMP  OAKLAND. —  BARDSTOWN. — WICKLIFP. — SALT  RIVER. —  GEN 
ERAL  NELSON. — DOWN  THE  RIVER. — EVANSVILLE. — PADUCAH. — 
CAIRO. —  SEPTEMBER,  1861 -FEBRUARY,  1862. 

THE  campaigns  of  the  "three  months'  service"  were  concluded'. 
The  defeat  at  Bull  Run  had  been  suffered,  and  the  Nation 
was  preparing  for  the  desperate  struggle,  now  manifestly  upon  it. 
Indiana  was  alive  with  military  preparation.  Already  she  had 
many  regiments  in  the  field.  Cass,  Carroll  and  White  counties 
had  recruited  and  sent  the  Nation's  army  six  companies  of  infantry, 
and  a  considerable  number  of  the  citizens  of  those  counties  had 
joined  organizations  in  other  districts.  Portions  of  a  regiment 
had  been  recruited  at  Logansport,  under  a  promise  by  Governor 
Morton  that  a  regiment  would  be  accepted  from  that  point,  pro 
vided  the  State  should  be  at  no  expense  for  quarters.  Barracks 
had  been  commenced  there,  on  a  citizens'  subscription,  and  were 
sufficiently  advanced  to  be  made  habitable  by  the  7th  of  October,. 
1861.  Final  authority  for  organizing  the  Forty-sixth  Regiment 
was  received  in  the  following: 

INDIANAPOLIS,  September  30,  1861. 

"Hon.  R.  P.  DeHart,  Hon.  Graham  N.  Fitch,  Newton  G.  Scott  and 
Thomas  H.  Bringhurst  are  authorized  to  raise  a  regiment,  to  rendezvous  at. 
Logansport.  Build  your  barracks,  hurry  up  your  company  organizations 
and  put  them  in  camp. 

"By  order  of  GOVERNOR  O.  P.  MORTON. 
"WILLIAM  R.  HOLLOWAY." 

This  stimulated  recruiting,  and,  in  a  few  days,  the  regiment 
was  in  camp,  made  up  as  follows: 

A  full  company  from  Cass  county,  under  John  Guthrie,, 
entered  September  30. 


10  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

Part   of    a    company    from    Camden,    Carroll   county,   under 
David  Paden  and  David  Howell,  October  3. 

A  full  company  from  Delphi,  Carroll  county,  under  John  H. 
Gould,  October  5. 

A  full  company  from   Cass  county,  under  Aaron   M.  Flory, 
October  7. 

A  part  of  a  company  from  Carroll  county,  under  Bernard  F. 
Schermerhorn,  October  10. 

A  part  of  a  company  from  Pulaski  county,  under  Felix  B. 
Thomas,  October  17. 

A  part  of  a  company  from  White  county,  under  William 
Spencer,  October  18. 

A  part  of  a  company  from  Fulton  county,  under  Benjamin  F. 
Grover. 

A  part  of  a  company  from  W abash  and  White  counties, 
under  James  H.  Thomas. 

A  part  of  a  company  from  White  county,  under  Robert  W. 
Sill,  October  20. 

A  part  of  a  company  from  Cass  county,  under  N.  B.  Booth, 
October  20. 

The  camp  was  fully  organized  and  under  discipline  by 
October  7,  when  John  H.  Gould  was  appointed  to  command  the 
barracks,  who  issued  the  first  "regimental  orders"  on  that  day. 

.On  September  30,  1861,  commissions  were  issued  by  Governor 
Morton  to  the  field  officers,  as  follows:  Graham  N.  Fitch,  colonel; 
Newton  G.  Scott,  lieutenant  colonel;  Thomas  H.  Bringhurst, 
major;  Richard  P.  DeHart,  adjutant;  and,  on  September  24,  to 
David  D.  Dykeman,  quartermaster;  on  December  11,  to  Robert 
Irvin,  chaplain;  on  October  7,  to  Horace  Coleman,  surgeon,  and  to 
William  S.  Haymond,  assistant  surgeon. 

During  October,  1861,  the  several  companies  having  been 
filled  up  to  the  maximum,  elections  were  held  for  company  officers, 
resulting  in  the  following  organizations: 

Company  A.— Captain,  John  H.  Gould;  first  lieutenant, 
William  A.  Pigman;  second  lieutenant,  James  M.  Watts. 

Company  B.— Captain,  Aaron  M.  Flory;  first  lieutenant,  John 
T.  Castle;  second  lieutenant,  John  M.  Arnout. 

Company  C.  — Captain,  Bernard  F.  Schermerhorn;    first  lieu 
tenant,  Anthony  Garret;  second  lieutenant,  Andrew  B.  Robertson. 
Company  D.— Captain,  John  Guthrie;   first  lieutenant,  Wil 
liam  M.  DeHart;  second  lieutenant,  Charles  A.  Brownlie. 


ORGANIZATION. MARRIAGE    IN    CAMP. —  MARCH.  11 

Company  E. —  Captain,  William  Spencer;  first  lieutenant,  Eli 
R.  Herman;  second  lieutenant,  Henry  Snyder. 

Company  F. —  Captain,  David  Howell;  first  lieutenant, 
Bernard  B.  Dailey;  second  lieutenant,  Atlas  A.  Benham. 

Company  G. —  Captain,  Robert  W.  Sill;  first  lieutenant, 
Joseph  D.  Cowdin;  second  lieutenant,  John  M.  Berkey. 

Company  H. —  Captain,  Felix  B.  Thomas;  first  lieutenant, 
George  Burson;  second  lieutenant,  James  W.  Brown. 

Company  I. —  Captain,  James  H.  Thomas;  first  lieutenant, 
John  W.  F.  Liston;  second  lieutenant,  N.  B.  Booth. 

Company  K. —  Captain,  Benjamin  F.  Grover;  first  lieutenant, 
Robert  M.  Shields;  second  lieutenant,  Jacob  H.  Leiter. 

Commissions  for  the  above  officers  were  given  them  at  Indian 
apolis,  on  December  11,  bearing  date  October  4,  1861. 

Anticipating  an  early  departure,  the  several  departments  of 
the  regiment  were  activelj7  engaged  in  procuring  the  necessary 
supplies.  An  abundance  of  comfortable  clothing  was  received  and 
distributed.  An  inferior  article  of  Enfield  rifles  was  received. 
Horses  were  purchased  for  wagons.  [The  wagons  were  met  at 
Louisville.]  Pending  the  expected  orders  to  move,  the  regiment 
was  industriously  drilled.  On  the  28th  of  November  the  monotony 
of  camp  life  was  diversified  by  the  marriage  of  Mr.  William 
Cornell,  of  Company  D.,  to  Miss  Annett  Smith,  by  the  regimental 
chaplain,  Robert  Irvin.  The  ceremony  was  performed  on  a  plat 
form,  in  the  presence  of  the  assembled  regiment. 

On  the  morning  of  the  12th  of  December,  1861,  the  Forty- 
sixth  regiment  broke  camp  and  prepared  for  actual  service.  At  8 
o'clock  the  line  was  formed  and  the  regiment  was  mustered  into 
the  service  of  the  United  States  by  Lieutenant  Edgar  E.  Phelps, 
of  the  regular  army,  for  three  years.  Officers  and  men  took  the 
regulation  oath,  and,  led  by  the  Logan  band,  took  up  the  line  of 
march  for  the  war.  The  route  was  direct  for  the  depot  of  the 
Wabash  railroad,  where  the  regiment  was  rapidly  and  safely 
placed  on  comfortable  cars,  and,  at  10  o'clock,  the  train  moved 
slowly  off  toward  LaFayette.  Just  previous  to  the  departure  a 
handsome  national  flag  was  presented  to  the  regiment  by  the  citizens 
of  Logansport,  through  Mr.  Charles  B.  Lasselle,  which  was  received, 
on  behalf  of  the  regiment,  by  Colonel  G.  N.  Fitch. 

As  descriptive  of  the  departure  of  the  regiment,  the  following 
is  copied  from  the  Logansport  Journal  of  December  14,  1861: 


12  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

"The  spectacle  was  such  as  has  never  before  been  witnessed  in  this 
place.  The  streets  through  which  the  regiment  marched  were  crowded 
with  people,  and  it  was  scarcely  possible  to  make  a  passage  through  the 
mass.  The  gleam  of  the  bright  Enfields,  the  measured  tread  of  the  thou 
sand  men,  the  music,  the  gallant  bearing  of  the  soldiers,  and,  more  than  all, 
the  thought  that  all  this  preparation  —  this  bustle— was,  most  likely,  the 
opening  scene  to  a  bloody  tragedy,  gave  an  interest  to  the  occasion  that 
could  be  experienced  at  no  other  time. 

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"At  the  depot  the  scene  was  still  more  exciting.  No  less  than  four 
thousand  persons  had  gathered  there  to  take  a  last  look  at  the  boys  and  bid 
them  good-bye.  Mothers  who  had  given  up  their  only  son,  to  subject  him 
to  certain  hardship,  danger  and  probable  death  to  vindicate  the  honor  of 
the  Government;  fathers  bravely  struggling  against  fraternal  emotion  ard 
exhorting  their  boys  to  noble  deeds  in  the  defense  of  the  right;  brothers, 
sisters,  husbands,  wives,  all  shaken  by  a  natural  grief  at  the  sad  parting, 
yet,  with  all,  not  a  word  of  repining,  not  a  wish  that  the  loved  ones  should 
remain  at  home  in  the  hour  of  their  country's  peril." 

Arriving  at  LaFayette,  the  regiment  was  received  at  the  depot 
by  the  Fortieth  Regiment,  under  Colonel  Wilson,  and  by  Cox's 
battery. 

On  the  arrival  of  the  regiment  at  Indianapolis,  camp  was 
found  already  prepared  by  a  detail  sent  down  in  advance,  and 
orders  were  in  waiting  directing  the  regiment  to  proceed  imme 
diately  to  Louisville.  The  train  was  taken  for  Madison  on  the 
14th  of  December. 

Madison  was  reached  at  3  A.  M.  on  the  15th.  The  reception 
was  rather  cold  and  cheerless.  The  boats  intended  for  the  regi 
ment  were  not  ready,  and  the  men  were  compelled  to  accept  quar 
ters  along  the  levee  until  daylight.  At  6.30  A.  M.  the  right  divi 
sion,  under  the  lieutenant  colonel,  marched  aboard  the  "City  of 
Madison,"  and  the  left,  under  the  major,  the  "Lancaster,  No.  3." 
At  10  o'clock  the  boats  pushed  out  into  the  river.  The  levee  was 
lined  with  people,  who  greeted  the  soldiers  with  cheers  and  the 
waving  of  handkerchiefs.  The  soldiers  responded  with  such  shouts 
as  a  thousand  such  throats  could  utter. 

As  the  two  boats  passed  down  the  river,  with  the  crowded 
levee  in  sight  and  under  the  sound  of  the  bells  ringing  for  church, 
it  recalled  to  many  a  similar  scene,  which  occurred  on  the  same 
spot,  years  before.  In  1846  a  company  from  Cass  county  was 
going  to  the  Mexican  war.  It  came  from  Logan  sport,  through 
Indianapolis,  to  Madison,  and  was  transported  by  steamboat  from 
Madison  to  Louisville  on  a  Sunday  morning.  The  same  drummer 


MADISON. LOUISVILLE. OAKLAND.  13 

who  beat  to  the  tune  of  "The  Girl  I  Left  Behind  Me"  then,  again 
beat  to  the  same  tune  now  from  a  similar  position. 

The  passage  down  the  river  was  uneventful.  In  landing,  one 
of  the  men  walked  off  a  plank,  and  would  have  been  drowned  only 
for  the  prompt  assistance  of  his  comrades.  This  soldier  had  been 
in  the  enjoyment  of  a  pair  of  new  shoes,  and  his  apparent  anxiety 
to  keep  them  out  of  the  water  submerged  his  head.  Quite  an 
effort  was  necessary,  on  the  part  of  the  man's  friends,  to  restore 
his  vital  parts  to  the  atmosphere,  at  the  expense  of  the  shoes. 

The  regiment  arrived  at  Jeffersonville  at  1  P.  M.  At  4,  orders 
came  for  disembarkation  at  Louisville.  At  7  o'clock  the  regiment 
was  on  its  camp  ground,  on  or  near  the  Oakland  race  course,  a 
short  distance  from  the  city.  Orders  were  out  for  an  immediate 
march,  but  some  delay  was  necessary,  on  account  of  the  non-arrival 
of  the  wagons.  A  large  number  of  troops  were  on  the  ground, 
and  there  was  much  confusion. 

The  regimental  wagons  arrived  on  the  18th.  The  horses  were 
hitched  up  in  their  new  harness  and  made  a  grand  appearance. 

The  chaplain,  Mr.  Irvin,  organized  the  postoffice. 

Swain  H.  Nelson,  of  Company  A,  was  injured  by  the  accidental 
discharge  of  a  gun.  He  was  subsequently  killed  at  Champion's 
Hill. 

The  regiment  was  restricted  to  thirteen  wagons.  This  neces 
sitated  the  turning  over  of  forty  horses.  Mr.  Van  Vorst,  the 
wagon-master,  was  so  discriminating  in  his  selection  that  the  best 
animals  largely  predominated  on  the  regiments  side. 

The  regiment  left  Camp  Oakland  on  the  18th  of  December  at 
2  o'clock,  and  encamped  for  the  night  at  Fern  creek,  eleven  miles 
from  Louisville. 

The  Eleventh  Michigan,  which  left  in  advance,  was  already  in 
camp.  The  wagons  were  behind,  and  did  not  arrive  in  time  for 
cooking.  Considerable  grumbling  arose  from  the  necessity  of 
going  to  bed  without  supper.  The  wagons  straggled  in  during  the 
night,  and  as  each  one  arrived,  the  driver  aroused  the  camp  in  find 
ing  his  company. 

Reveille  was  beaten  on  the  19th  at  4  o'clock,  and  some  hours 
were  spent  in  hunting  up  camp  property  and  getting  into  shape. 
Then  there  was  a  march  of  seven  miles  to  a  camp  by  a  spring, 
and  on  hilly  ground. 

On  the  20th,  fifteen  miles  were  made  with  much  complaint 
about  stiff  limbs  and  sore  feet.  During  the  night,  the  Fifty-eighth 


14  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

Ohio,  Colonel  Carr,  arrived  and  went  into  camp.  Many  of  the 
men  were  broken  down.  Their  wagons  and  some  hired  teams  were 
loaded  with  exhausted  men,  knapsacks  and  guns.  The  men  were 
so  tired  that,  without  waiting  for  tents,  they  threw  themselves 
upon  the  ground  and  slept.  During  the  night  the  thermometer 
fell  to  twelve  degrees.  fc 

On  the  21st  the  regiment  reached  Bardstown,  forty  miles  from 
Louisville.  The  encampment  was  on  the  south  fork  of  Green 
river.  Here  a  member  of  Company  I  had  an  attack  of  insanity. 
He  broke  from  camp  and  went  through  houses  generally, 
greatly  alarming  the  natives.  He  was  finally  subdued.  The 
weather  turned  cold  and  there  was  much  suffering.  Some  had 
small  stoves,  which  helped  considerably.  On  the  23d  a  move  was 
made  to  a  better  location.  Great  preparations  were  being  made 
for  Christmas.  Negroes  came  in  with  turkies  and  pies,  all  of 
which  found  a  ready  market.  On  the  28th  camp  was  again  moved, 
five  miles  south  on  the  pike. 

On  the  2d  a  large  Sibley  tent,  occupied  by  a  number  of 
Company  H,  took  fire  while  the  regiment  was  on  drill.  The 
edifice,  with  its  entire  contents,  was  destroyed,  and  twenty  home 
less  wanderers  were  cast  upon  the  charities  of  an  unsympathizing 
camp.  No  insurance.  On  the  same  day  the  quartermaster  sent  a 
trusty  agent  to  town  for  rations  of  groceries.  Meeting  with  unex 
pected  good  friends,  the  man  became  confused  in  his  mission,  and 
drew  1,200  pounds  of  fresh  meat.  He  arrived  in  camp  at  midnight, 
and  insisted  that  meat  was  what  the  quartermaster  wanted. 

The  regiment  was  drilled  four  hours  in  the  morning  and  three 
in  the  afternoon.  The  latter  drill  was  with  knapsacks.  None  were 
exempt  from  the  duty,  except  on  surgeon's  certificate.  The  earlier 
and  later  portions  of  the  day  were  devoted  to  persimmons,  of 
which  there  was  an  abundance. 

On  the  6th  the  regiment  started  for  Camp  Wickliff,  twenty- 
three  miles  distant,  and  went  into  camp  at  Knob  creek,  fourteen 
miles.  Weather  severely  cold  and  roads  muddy.  Reached  Wick 
liff  at  11  A.  M.  There  was  great  confusion  from  the  rush  of  troops 
and  stores.  Thermometer  fifteen  degrees. 

The  Forty-sixth  at  Wickliff,  was  brigaded  with  the  Forty-first 
Ohio,  the  Forty-seventh  Indiana  and  the  Sixth  Kentucky,  under 
command  of  Colonel  William  B.  Hazen,  of  the  Forty-first  Ohio. 
Squad,  company,  regimental  and  brigade  schools  were  immediately 
organized,  and,  in  fair  weather,  drilling  occupied  the  greater  part 


CAMP    WICKLIFF. SALT    RIVER. EMBARKATION.  15 

of  the  day.  The  regimental  drills  were  enjoyed  from  1  to  4 
o'clock  each  afternoon,  a  portion  of  the  time  with  knapsacks.  The 
sick  list  averaged  125. 

During  the  five  weeks'  stay  at  Camp  Wickliff  there  was  much 
wet  and  cold  weather.  The  discipline  of  General  Nelson  was  very 
severe,  rendering  the  first  experience  of  t!:e  regiment  in  military 
life  not  enchanting. 

The  regiment  started  for  the  Ohio  river  on  the  14th  of  Feb 
ruary.  The  weather  was  very  cold,  and  the  roads  exceedingly 
heavy.  Sixteen  miles  were  made  by  evening.  The  men  suffered 
very  much,  and  the  fatigue  was  much  aggravated  by  the  impera 
tive  orders  of  General  Nelson  against  straggling.  Went  into 
camp  at  dark.  The  wagons  had  stalled,  and  did  not  come  in  until 
9  o'clock.  The  weather  grew  colder  and  there  were  no  tents.  An 
abundance  of  hay  was  found  and  appropriated.  Fences  were  also 
used  quite  liberally. 

The  regiment  remained  in  that  camp  all  the  next  day,  and  on 
the  16th  again  took  up  the  line  of  march,  and  arrived  within  two 
miles  of  the  Ohio  river  at  dark.  On  this  last  march  the  suffering 
was  extreme.  Over  a  thousand  men  straggled.  Many  did  not  get 
into  camp  until  the  next  day.  The  Forty-sixth  suffered  as  little  as 
any  regiment,  and  came  into  camp  in  fair  order.  It  was  on  this 
march  that  General  Nelson  gathered  in  so  many  swords  from 
officers,  for  permitting  their  men  to  lie  on  the  snow. 

On  the  17th  orders  were  received  to  prepare  for  embarkation* 
on  steamboats.     They  were  already  at  the  landing,  awaiting  their 
loads.     The  assignment  of  boats  for  the  division  was  as  follows: 

On  the  "Diana,"  the  Sixth  Ohio,  with  General  Nelson,  as  the 
flag  ship;  on  the  "Autocrat,"  the  Twenty-fourth  Ohio;  on  the 
"John  Raines,"  the  Fifty-first  Ohio;  on  the  "  Woodford,"  the 
Thirty-sixth  Indiana;  on  the  "Silver  Moon,"  the  right  wing  of  the 
Forty-first  Ohio;  on  the  "Lady  Jackson,"  the  left  wing  of  the 
Forty-first  Ohio;  on  the  "Glendale,"  the  right  wing  of  the  Forty- 
seventh  Indiana;  on  the  "Lady  Pike,"  the  left  wing  of  the  Forty- 
seventh  Indiana;  on  the  "Izetta,"  Companies  A,  F,  D  and  I,  of  the 
Forty-sixth  Indiana;  on  the  "  City  of  Madison,"  Companies  C,  H 
and  E,  and  on  the  "Golden  State,"  G,  K  and  B,  of  the  same  regi 
ment;  on  the  "Lancaster,  No.  4,"  the  right  wing,  and  on  the 
"Switzerland,"  the  left  wing  of  the  Sixth  Kentucky. 

-  A  field  officer  was  on  each  boat.     Colonel  Fitch  was  on  the 
"City  of  Madison,"  Lieutenant  Colonel  Scott  on  the  "Izetta"  and 


16  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

Major  Bringhurst  on  the  "Golden  State."  The  work  of  loading 
was  accomplished  by  8  P.  M.,  with  great  difficulty.  The  loaded 
wagons  were  backed  down  the  steep  bank  by  large  details  of  men, 
and  the  miscellaneous  equipage  of  the  regiment  was  piled  up  on 
the  boats'  decks  in  great  confusion.  It  was  not  assorted  until  late 
next  day.  The  officers  were  ordered  to  run  the  boats  in  a  pre 
scribed  order,  in  double  column,  with  the  "Diana"  in  the  lead. 
The  imperative  order  to  each  was  to  follow  his  leader,  regardless 
of  circumstances.  The  fleet  started  out  in  a  misty  rain,  and  the 
boats  became  considerably  mixed  up.  Stops  were  necessary  on 
account  of  the  fog,  and  at  daylight  the  fleet  had  made  only  eighty 
miles.  Cannelton  was  reached  by  9  o'clock,  where  a  full  supply  of 
coal  had  been  ordered  and  was  expected.  None  was  ready,  and 
General  Nelson  loudly  threatened  to  hang  the  proprietor  for  his 
delinquency.  The  fleet  remained  until  5.30  P.  M.,  getting  what 
coal  was  possible.  • 

After  considerable  running  up  and  down  the  river,  a  portion 
of  the  fleet  reached  Smith'land,  at  the  mouth  of  the  Cumberland 
river,  and  315  miles  below  the  starting  point.  Here  the  leading 
boats  turned  up  the  river,  and  the  "  Golden  State,"  with  the  left 
companies,  followed  to  Evansville,  151  miles  above.  The  other 
boats,  with  the  remainder  of  the  regiment,  had  not  been  seen  since 
the  start,  on  the  17th. 

The  portion  of  the  fleet  now  together  (seventeen  boats),  kept 
on  past  Evansville,  and  it  seemed  that  the  whole  expedition  had 
lost  purpose  and  was  returning  at  will.  The  order  to  follow  the 
leading  boat  was  still  good,  but  the  major  in  charge  of  the  "  Golden 
State,"  thinking  it  a  waste  of  fuel  to  be  thus  aimlessly  running  up 
and  down  the  river,  when  about  twelve  miles  above  Evansville, 
ordered  the  captain  of  the  boat  to  run  in  shore  and  tie  up  until 
General  Nelson  found  out  what  he  wanted  to  do.  Accordingly 
the  "Golden  State"  was  turned  into  the  bank  and  tied  up,  while 
the  soldiers,  crew  and  officers  of  the  boat  patiently  awaited  devel 
opments.  Boat  after  boat  passed  up  until  all  seemed  gone. 

Suddenly  the  "Diana,"  the  flag  ship,  was  seen  coming  down 
the  river,  under  a  full  head  of  steam.  Evidently  the  "Golden 
State"  was  noticed,  for  the  "Diana"  turned  short  in  toward  her. 
And  now  there  was  tribulation  among  the  occupants  of  the  "  Golden 
State."  The  plainest  order  of  General  Nelson  had  been  disobeyed, 
and  the  reputation  of  that  officer  for  severe  discipline  warranted 
any  punishment  that  could  be  anticipated. 


DOWN    THE    OHIO.  17 

As  the  "Diana"  came  near,  an  aide  of  the  general's  came  to 
the  side  of  the  boiler  deck  and  inquired  the  name  of  the  regiment 
and  of  the  colonel,  which  were  given  him  by  the  major.  In  a- 
moment  the  general  himself  came  forward  and  inquired  the  reason 
of  the  boat's  position.  The  major  described  an  accident  that  had 
occurred  near  Evansville — not  serious.  The  general  said  he  would 
come  aboard  and  gee  what  was  the  matter,  and  the  captain  of  the 
boat  hastened  to  the  engineer,  to  post  him  on  the  situation.  On 
coming  on  board,  the  general  sent  for  that  officer  and  got  an  accu 
rate  description  of  the  break,  and  an  estimate  of  the  time  required 
to  repair  it.  Many  inquiries  were  made  by  the  general  about  the 
regiment  and  Colonel  Fitch.  He  said  the  regiment  was  a  good 
one  and  had  good  officers,  but  all  had  much  to  learn.  He  was 
invited  to  dinner  by  the  major  and  concluded  to  stay. 

At  dinner  the  general  was  very  sociable,  but  there  was  a  cloud 
over  the  boat  officers.  The  captain  had  a  card  suspended  over  the 
table  announcing  that  one  dollar  and  fifty  cents  per  day  would  be 
charged  officers  for  board.  The  general  ordered  the  card  down, 
and  threatened  that  if  he  ever  knew  him  to  charge  over  one  dollar 
per  day,  he  would  hunt  him  up  and  execute  him.  He  said  the 
Government  paid  a  large  sum  for  the  service  of  the  boats,  and  the 
soldiers  should  not  be  imposed  upon. 

After  dinner,  the  general  invited  the  major  to  go  with  him  on 
board  the  "Diana,"  which  he  did,  after  leaving  orders  with  the 
captain  of  the  "Golden  State"  to  come  to  Evansville,  as  soon  as 
the  repairs  were  completed.  On  the  "Diana"  the  officers  of  the 
boat  and  of  the  Sixth  Ohio  were  about  to  sit  down  to  dinner.  On 
invitation,  the  general  and  the  major  again  dined. 

At  Evansville,  the  general  and  his  new  aide  went  to  the  tele 
graph  office,  whence  the  general  sent  many  dispatches  up  the  river. 
They  then  returned  to  the  landing,  and,  as  the  "Golden  State" 
had  arrived,  the  major  went  on  board  and  started  down  the  river. 
Before  leaving,  the  general  gave  especial  orders  that  the  regiment 
should  wait  at  Paducah  for  orders  from  him,  for  he  should  retain 
it  in  his  division. 

The  "Golden  State"  reached  Paducah  at  3.30  A.  M.,  on  the 
21st.  The  major  immediately  reported  the  regiment  to  General 
Sherman,  who  was  in  his  office  with  his  aides,  busy  forwarding 
troops  on  their  several  routes.  He  directed  the  Forty-sixth  to 
report  to  General  Payne,  at  Cairo,  and  at  6  o'clock  the  "Golden 
State,"  with  her  three  companies,  was  again  steaming  down  the  river.. 


18  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

The  "City  of  Madison"  and  the  "Izetta,"  with  the  remainder 
of  the  regiment,  reached  Paducah  on  the  evening  of  the  21st,  and 
were  sent  on  to  Cairo.  General  Nelson  made  strenuous  efforts 
with  General  Sherman  to  retain  the  regiment,  but  without  success. 

The  several  companies  did  not  come  together  until  they  met 
at  Commerce,  on  the  23d  of  February. 

On  the  arrival  of  the  "  Golden  State"  at  Cairo,  the  whole  regi 
ment  was  ordered  by  General  Payne  to  report  to  General  Pope,  at 
Commerce,  Missouri. 


CHAPTER  II. 

VACANCIES  AND  PROMOTIONS.  —  COMMERCE. — HEAVY  SHELLING.  —  NEW 
MADRID. — FORT  THOMPSON. —  RUNNING  THE  BATTERIES. — EVACUA 
TION.— NIGHT  MARCH.— POINT  PLEASANT.— BUILDING  BATTERIES.— 
TERRIFIC  BOMBARDMENT.  —  OSCEOLA.  —  FORT  PILLOW. — MEMPHIS 
NAVAL  BATTLE.— TAKING  DOWN  THE  FLAG.  — AGAIN  AFLOAT.— 
FEBRUARY -JUNE,  1862. 

THE  following  vacancies  and  promotions  occurred  between 
February  and  June,  1862: 

Captain  Felix  B.  Thomas,  of  Company  H,  resigned  March  28, 
1862;  Lieutenant  George  Burson  succeeded  him,  and  Lieutenant 
James  W.  Brown  was  commissioned  first,  and  James  F.  Mitchell 
second  lieutenant. 

Lieutenant  Benham,  of  Company  F,  died  April  1,  1862;  Joel 
Ferris  was  appointed  second  lieutenant. 

Lieutenant  J.  W.  F.  Liston,  of  Company  I,  resigned  April  22, 
1862;  Lieutenant  Jacob  McCormick  was  appointed  first,  and  N.  B. 
Booth  second  lieutenant. 

Lieutenant  John  M.  Arnout,  of  Company  B,  resigned  April  1, 
1862,  and  was  succeeded  by  Sergeant  Matthew-  K.  Graham. 

First  Lieutenant  Anthony  Garrett,  of  Company  C,  resigned 
April  26,  1862;  Lieutenant  A.  B.  Robertson  was  commissioned 
first,  and  Sergeant  John  Troxell  second  lieutenant. 

Second  Lieutenant  Jacob  H.  Leiter,  of  Company  K,  resigned 
April  30,  1862;  Sergeant  John  McClung  was  commissioned  to  suc 
ceed  him. 

Second  Lieutenant  John  M.  Berkey,  of  Company  G,  resigned 
May  6,  1862;  Sergeant  James  Hess  was  appointed  to  succeed  him. 

Second  Lieutenant  N.  B.  Booth,  of  Company  I,  resigned  May 
21,  1862;  Sergeant  Joseph  H.  Benner  was  commissioned  to  suc 
ceed  him. 

Captain  John  Guthrie,  of  Company  D,  resigned  May  10,  1862; 


20  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

he  was  succeeded  by  Lieutenant  William  M.  DeHart;  Lieutenant 
Charles  A.  Brown  lie  was  commissioned  to  succeed  him,  and  Ser 
geant  A.  K.  Ewing  was  commissioned  second  lieutenant. 

Captain  David  Howell,  of  Company  F.  resigned  February  5, 
1862;  Samuel  Osborn  was  commissioned  in  his  place. 

Captain  Osborn,  of  Company  F,  resigned  May  26,  1862;  he 
was  succeeded  by  Lieutenant  B.  B.  Daily;  Lieutenant  Joel  Ferris 
was  appointed  first,  and  Joseph  C.  Plumb  second  lieutenant. 

Lieutenant  Colonel  N.  G.  Scott  resigned  May  24,  1862;  he 
was  succeeded  by  Major  T.  H.  Bringhurst;  Captain  John  H.  Gould, 
of  Company  A,  was  appointed  major;  Lieutenant  William  A. 
Pigman  was  commissioned  captain  of  Company  A;  James  M.  Watts 
was  commissioned  first,  and  James  V.  Brough  second  lieutenant. 

Chaplain  Robert  Irvin  resigned  May  8,  1862. 

At  Cairo  were  the  15,000  prisoners  captured  at  Fort  Donald 
son,  and  the  gunboats  that  had  taken  so  prominent  a  part  in  that 
magnificent  victory.  On  the  21st  orders  were  received  to  draw 
rations  and  proceed  to  Commerce,  forty  miles  above  Cairo.  The 
other  two  boats  had  not  yet  arrived,  but  the  "  Golden  State" 
steamed  out  on  the  23d,  at  noon,  and  reached  Commerce,  after 
much  delay  from  sandbars,  at  6  p.  M. 

On  the  23d  the  companies  on  the  "Golden  State"  began 
unloading,  and  were  soon  in  camp  on  the  bluffs.  The  "  Izetta," 
under  Lieutenant  Colonel  Scott,  with  four  of  the  tardy  companies, 
came  in  and  spent  the  remainder  of  the  day  in  unloading.  On  the 
24th  of  February  the  regiment  was  on  the  road  to  Benton,  Mo. 
Immense  quantities  of  stores  and  ammunition  were  on  the  road, 
and  artillery  and  cavalry  were  hurrying  to  the  front.  Benton  was 
reached  at  2  o'clock.  The  town  is  the  county  seat,  and  has  all  the 
adjuncts  of  an  imposing  court.  There  was  a  large  bar,  according 
to  the  Record,  but  the  members  of  it  were  absent,  following  the 
fortunes  of  General  "Jeff"  Thompson.  The  Forty-sixth  filled 
the  bench,  the  bar,  the  witness  and  the  jury  boxes,  and  members 
of  it  cried,  "O  yes!  O  yes!"  from  the  sheriff's  desk. 

The  seats  were  fully  occupied  by  the  less  ambitious  members 
of  the  regiment.  There  was  a  great  influx  of  law  books  in  regi 
mental  quarters.  General  Palmer  collected  about  a  hundred  vol 
umes  of  reports  and  statutes  and  returned  them  to  the  Court-house. 
It  was  remarked  that  stray  law  books  were  found  only  about  the 
quarters  of  ex-attorneys.  Nothing  was  discovered  in  other  tents 
except  chickens  and  an  occasional  pig. 


THE    MARCH    TO    MADRID.  21 

The  remaining  three  companies  of  the  regiment,  under  Colonel 
Fitch,  arrived  at  Benton  on  the  25th.  They  had  left  the  "City  of 
Madison"  at  Cairo  and  shipped  on  the  "Switzerland." 

On  the  1st  of  March  the  regiment  left  Benton  and  soon  found 
the  road  obstructed  by  timber  and  broken  bridges.  It  went  into 
camp  at  5  p.  M.  Re'sumed  the  march  next  day.  Heavy  rain. 
Much  mud.  Crowded  roads.  Made  five  miles  in  five  hours.  At 
3  P.  M.  stacked  knapsacks  and  marched  seven  miles  to  dryer 
ground.  On  the  3d,  reached  within  thirteen  miles  of  New  Madrid, 
Avith  a  bright  prospect  for  a  fight.  Overtook  "Jeff"  Thompson, 
two  miles  from  camp,  and  captured  three  of  his  guns. 

There  were  now  in  Pope's  column  about  9,000  men,  with  some 
artillery.  The  Forty-sixth  was  in  the  Third  Division,  under  Gen 
eral  Palmer.  The  First  Brigade  (the  Thirty-fourth  and  the  Forty- 
seventh  regiments)  was  under  Colonel  Slack.  The  Second  Brigade 
(the  Forty-third  and  the  Forty-sixth)  under  Colonel  Fitch.  The 
Seventh  Illinois  Cavalry  and  the  First  Missouri  Battery  were 
attached  to  this  division. 

At  1.30  the  column  wras  within  two  miles  of  New  Madrid. 
City  very  quiet.  A  regiment  of  infantry  and  battalion  of  cavalry 
deployed  on  each  side  of  the  road.  General  Pope  came  up  and 
took  position.  Skirmishers  advanced.  As  the  column  came  in 
view  of  the  rebels,  their  gunboats  opened  fire.  Their  aim  was 
good  but  their  fuse  short.  The  fire  was  kept  up  until  5  o'clock. 
In  the  meantime  the  Forty-sixth  had  been  assigned,  with  an  Iowa 
regiment,  to  support  General  Granger,  who  was  pressing  the  rebels 
toward  the  river.  On  the  retreat  of  the  rebels  the  regiment  went 
into  camp. 

Up  to  the  13th,  skirmishing  and  manceuvering  occupied  the 
time.  A  rebel  surrender  was  now  only  a  question  of  time. 

On  the  14th,  at  3  o'clock,  the  division  marched  out  to  relieve 
Stanley's  First  Division,  in  the  trenches.  Heavy  guns  had  arrived 
and  been  placed  in  battery,  ready  for  business.  The  rebels  had 
become  aware  of  the  presence  of  their  new  antagonists,  and  had 
determined  to  leave.  The  Forty-sixth  waded  through  deep  mud 
and  a  heavy  rain  to  their  position,  near  the  fort.  At  daylight,  a 
squad  of  artillerists,  under  Captain  Joseph  A.  Mower,  suspecting 
an  evacuation,  went  into  the  fort  and  found  it  empty.  All  were 
gone  but  three  men.  Two  of  them  were  asleep  and  the  other 
drunk.  Captain  Mower  took  the  colors  of  the  Forty-seventh  Regi 
ment  and  raised  them  over  the  fort.  As  the  raising  fog  enabled 


22  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

the  soldiers  to  see,  a  shout  went  up  from  those  nearest,  which  was 
taken  up  and  repeated  to  the  outermost  camp. 

The  situation,  as  formed  by  the  evacuation  of  the  forts,  left 
the  rebels  strongly  fortified  at  Island  No.  10,  with  six  gunboats, 
under  Commodore  Hollins,  hemmed  in,  in  a  twenty-mile  stretch  of 
river.  They  had  an  infantry  force  along  the  road  between  Island 
No.  10  and  Tiptonsville,  a  distance,  by  land,  of  five  or  six  miles. 
There  were  two  Federal  gunboats  in  the  river,  with  the  advantage, 
to  them,  of  being  able  to  go  further  down  the  stream. 

Tiptonsville  was  the  gateway  now  to  Island  No.  10.  When 
that  was  lost  to  the  rebels  the  situation  was,  lost.  There  was, 
already,  a  Federal  gun  at  Point  Pleasant,  on  the  Missouri  side,  a 
few  miles  above  Tiptonsville.  Now,  it  was  proposed  to  erect  a 
battery  further  down,  and  opposite  Tiptonsville. 

On  the  16th  of  March  the  regiment  started,  at  9  P.  M.,  down 
to  the  river  bank.  Extreme  silence  was  enjoined.  A  few  miles 
below  New  Madrid  two  large  guns  were  met  in  the  road  with  long 
ropes  attached.  Details  of  a  hundred  men  were  invited  to  "take 
hold,"  which  was  done,  and,  until  five  o'clock  next  morning,  over 
hills,  through  swamps,  the  regiment  dragged  the  guns,  when  Point 
Pleasant  was  reached,  and  in  half  an  hour  the  tired  and  hungry 
men  were  asleep. 

At  2  p.  M.,  on  the  17th,  the  regiment  started  for  Riddle's 
Point.  To  avoid  the  enemy  it  took  a  road  back  from  the  river. 
The  road  was  swampy,  and  led  through  woods,  cornfields,  barn 
yards,  streams  and' fences.  A  halt  was  made  back  of  the  "Point" 
at  3.30,  but  too  near  the  river,  and  a  backward  move  was  made. 
The  whole  division  then  went  into  camp  on  a  fine  large  meadow. 
On  the  morning  of  the  18th  four  meals  were  due  the  men,  and  yet 
no  wagons  in  sight.  At  11  o'clock  a  dash  was  made  for  the  strag 
gling  cattle,  hogs  and  chickens,  and  the  fast  was  broken  at  noon. 
At  4  o'clock  all  the  wagons  were  up  and  a  big  supper  was  pre 
pared.  The  long  grass  was  cut  and  made  into  beds,  and  a  huge 
sleep  was  anticipated.  At  7  o'clock  orders  came  to  prepare  for  an 
immediate  march,  with  arms  and  blankets.  "Positively  no  talking 
or  coughing"  was  an  order  often  repeated.  Marched  two  and  one- 
half  miles.  The  right  was  halted  in  pitch  darkness.  Companies 
A  and  C  marched  on,  while  the  other  companies  stacked  arms  and 
were  introduced  to  wagons  loaded  with  spades,  picks  and  empty 
corn  sacks.  With  these  the  eight  companies  were  armed  and 
marched  off  in  the  darkness. 


KIDDLE'S  POINT. —  BATTEEIES.  23 

Although  the  regiment  was  in  ignorance  of  what  was  to  be 
done,  there  were  those  present  who  knew  what  was  wanted  and 
how  to  accomplish  it.  A  few  officers  were  dodging  about  with 
lines  and  pegs,  and  the  men  were  soon  at  work,  digging  here  and 
filling  there,  guided  by  the  white  pegs  arranged  by  the  engineers. 
Bags  were  tilled  and  piled  up,  under  their  direction.  At  12  o'clock 
it  began  to  rain,  with  a  sharp  thunder  storm.  The  remainder  of 
the  night  was  showery.  The  regiment  was  about  opposite  Tip- 
tonsville,  and  the  noise  made  by  the  rebels,  as  they  loaded  their 
transports,  and  their  occasional  shouts,  could  be  distinctly  heard. 

The  work  on  the  battery  progressed  rapidly  all  night.  The 
men  had  but  an  imperfect  understanding  of  their  work,  but  they 
had  confidence  in  the  intelligence  and  skill  that  were  directing 
them.  Toward  daylight  a  force  was  put  to  work  digging  rifle 
pits,  for  the  protection  of  the  men  against  the  gunboats.  Nearly 
enough  were  completed  to  afford  protection  for  all;  but  all  con 
tained  water. 

When  daylight  came  the  men  were  astonished  at  their  work. 
There  was  a  battery  of  four  guns  well  protected  by  bags  of  earth, 
and  by  embankments.  The  magazine  in  the  rear  was  a  complete 
room,  impervious  to  any  attack.  All  seemed  ready  to  receive  and 
resist  successfully,  any  assault  from  the  boats.  There  were  eighty 
rifle  pits,  looking  comfortable  enough,  but  rather  unpleasantly 
similar  to  graves. 

After  daylight,  as  the  work  was  being  finished,  the  men  laid 
down,  and  many  of  them  slept.  Others  were  anticipating  the  sur 
prise  of  the  rebels  when  we  opened  fire  on  them.  About  8  o'clock 
a  fine  large  transport  came  puffing  up  the  river.  When  opposite 
the  battery,  a  gun  was  fired  at  her.  The  ball  went  screaming 
through  the  air,  struck  the  water  just  inside  the  boat,  and  passed 
over  her  into  the  woods  beyond.  The  boat  put  on  all  steam,  and, 
after  another  ineffectual  fire  from  the  other  gun,  passed  out  of 
range.  This  scene  had  scarcely  closed  when  another  packet  came 
up,  evidently  ignorant  of  the  situation.  At  the  landing  at  Tip- 
tonsville,  the  boats  set  up  a  continuous  whistling  to  warn  coming 
boats  of  the  danger,  but  the  one  coming  up  took  no  notice  of  it, 
and  was  soon  in  range.  The  guns  were  both  ready,  and  fired  sep 
arately.  The  first  shot  went  just  ahead  of  the  boat.  The  second 
struck  the  water  just  behind  the  bow,  arose  and  went  crashing 
through  the  upper  works.  She  kept  on  and  was  out  of  range 
before  another  shot  could  be  had.  In  locating  the  battery,  it  had 


24  THE    FOETY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

been  placed  too  far  up  the  river.  A  heavy  growth  of  cypress  trees 
cut  passing  boats  from  view  too  soon.  The  men  were  in  high  glee 
over  the  performance,  and  wanted  more.  The  gunners  (regulars) 
said  to  them,  "  Wait  a  little."  In  a  little  while  four  rebel  gun 
boats  were  seen  putting  out  from  Tiptonsville.  They  came  over 
the  river  and  paddled  about  for  a  while,  and  then  opened  fire. 
The  first  shell  came  from  a  boat  directly  opposite  the  rifle  pits, 
passing  over  them  and  exploding  just  over  the  rear  trench.  The 
company  which  should  have  occupied  it  was  at  the  bayou  on 
guard.  As  each  boat  obtained  position,  it  opened  fire,  and  soon 
there  was  a  perfect  tempest  of  shot  and  shell.  Their  guns  were  well 
aimed,  and  the  shells  seemed  to  explode  just  where  they  wanted 
them.  The  round  shot  were  thirty-twos.  The  rifles  were  sixes, 
tens  and  twelves.  Some  were  all  lead,  others  were  iron,  with  a 
lead  band  for  the  rifles.  After  firing  some  time  the  boats  changed 
position,  and  the  men  liked  it  less  than  before.  One  boat 
remained  in  front  while  the  others  came  around  toward  the 
bayou  to  obtain  a  cross  fire.  A  sloop  came  on  an  exact  line  with 
our  trenches.  She  opened  with  three  guns,  throwing  ten-inch  fuse 
shells  and  six  and  ten-pound  percussion.  The  fire  from  all  the 
boats  was  continuous,  and  left  no  room  outside  the  trenches  for 
any  living  thing.  The  loose  banks  of  the  pits  and  trenches  were 
plowed  and  dashed  over  the  men  in  them,  and  the  explosion  of  the 
shells  in  the  air  and  over  the  trenches  was  terrifiic.  .  The  heavy 
shot  caused  a  sound  like  a  sudden  storm,  and  the  lighter  ones  a 
fierce  scream. 

The  firing  continued  nearly  an  hour  and  a  quarter,  and  with 
very  little  intermission.  Our  guns  got  in  only  an  occasional 
shot.  When  the  gunners  showed  their  heads  a  storm  of  iron 
came,  compelling  all  to  go  down. 

During  the  firing  it  was  reported  that  the  rebels  were  landing, 
and  the  regiment  was  called  out  into  line.  The  report  proving 
false,  the  men  went  to  the  pits.  Finding  that  the  guns  could  not 
be  dismounted,  the  fleet  dropped  down  the  river.  But  one  man 
was  killed  in  the  attack,  and  he  had  no  mark  or  wound  about  him. 
Dunfee,  of  Company  H,  was  rendered  deaf  by  the  concussion  of 
a  shell. 

Companies  C,  D  and  I  were  at  the  bayou,  on  guard.  They 
were  nearer  to  the  boats,  and  were  often  covered  with  the  earth 
dashed  out  by  the  balls.  Nearly  every  trench  showed  marks  of 
the  bombardment.  Company  A,  on  the  right  of  the  rear  trench, 


FIGHT    WITH    THE    NAVY.  25 

received  a  number,  very  close.  F  had  them  overhead.  On 
the  pits,  marks  were  abundant.  H  occupied  those  on  the  right 
of  the  front,  B  on  the  left.  The  second  of  B  from  the  left 
received  a  ball  on  its  edge,  which  bounded  out  over  the  ground 
instead  of  into  the  pit,  which  it  might  have  done.  The  first 
pit  had  two  large  balls  over  it,  within  two  or  three  feet  of  the 
occupants.  One  of  G's  received  a  ball  through  the  bank, 
which  knocked  it  in,  but  did  no  other  damage.  Two  balls 
struck  the  building  back  of  H,  which  must  have  passed  very 
close. 

After  the  engagement  the  regiment  spent  the  remainder  of  the 
day  in  perfecting  the  works  and  in  building  new  ones.  Enough 
provisions  were  brought  from  camp  for  a  partial  meal  at  2  o'clock. 
The  regiment  was  relieved  by  the  Forty-seventh,  at  10  p.  M. 

The  force  at  Riddle's  Point  consisted  of  the  Thirty-fourth, 
Forty-third,  Forty-sixth  and  Forty-seventh  Indiana.  There  were 
also  200  cavalry,  three  light  brass  field  pieces  and  two  ten-pound 
Parrots,  forming  the  division  of  General  Palmer.  At  the  battery 
below,  the  twenty-four  pounders  were  worked  by  a  detail  of 
regulars. 

Operations  at  Tiptonsville  were  plainly  visible  from  the  Mis 
souri  side.  The  rebel  gunboats  were  below,  occasionally  running 
up  and  exchanging  shots.  Heavy  firing  was  constantly  heard  at 
Island  No.  10.  On  the  22d  of  March  four  persons  were  killed  by 
the  explosion  of  a  shell,  thrown  by  a  rebel  gunboat,  on  the  attack 
on  the  "Point."  It  had  been  kicked  about  since  that  time,  and 
was  considered  harmless.  A  member  of  the  Forty-seventh  under 
took  to  pick  out  the  powder  with  a  file.  He,  with  a  citizen  and 
two  boys,  was  killed  by  the  explosion. 

The  four  Indiana  regiments  did  the  duty  at  the  "Point," 
One  went  down  each  day.  The  rifle  pits  at  the  battery  were 
extensively  decorated.  Some  of  the  regiments  cut  seats  in  them, 
built  chimneys  and  otherwise  added  to  their  usefulness  as  residences, 
but  entirely  destroyed  them  as  a  refuge  from  shot  and  shell. 
Others  had  to  be  built.  The  new  pits  were  ornamented  with  wall 
paper,  pictures,  carpets,  stoves,  chairs,  etc.,  borrowed  from  the 
adjacent  abandoned  dwellings. 

On  the  1st  of  April  a  fearful  storm  of  wind  and  rain  swept 
over  the  camp,  blowing  down  all  the  tents  and  flooding  the 
ground. 

On  the  4th  of  April  the  gunboat  Caronclelet  ran  the  rebel  bat- 


26  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

teries  above  Island  No.  10  and  came  on  down  to  the  city.  On  the 
7th  the  Pittsbury  also  ran  past.  The  two  then  amused  themselves 
with  the  rebel  land  batteries,  silencing  the  most  of  them. 

On  the  6th  a  transport,  bearing  the  stars  and  stripes,  passed 
rapidly  down  the  river,  turned  and  came  up  again.  A  rebel  battery 
opened  on  it,  when  the  Carondelet  opened  on  the  battery  and  soon 
silenced  it.  Later  the  same  gunboat  attacked  another  battery  and 
drove  the  gunners  off.  A  squad  was  then  sent  ashore  and  the 
guns  spiked.  On  the  7th  the  Carondelet  again  came  down  and 
silenced  every  battery  that  could  be  found.  Our  people  on  the 
Missouri  side  looked  on,  and  were  delighted  with  the  entertainment. 

The  7th  was  the  day  of  the  Forty-sixth  for  duty  at  the 
"Point."  It  went  out  in  a  heavy  rain.  At  2  p.  M.,  orders  came 
for  immediate  embarkation.  On  the  same  afternoon  the  huge 
rebel  floating  battery  came  down  the  river.  It  was  arrested  and 
secured.  The  regiment  embarked  at  3.30,  on  the  9th.  With  the 
Forty-third,  it  went  on  the  "Ohio  Belle,"  and  landed  at  Tiptons- 
ville  at  6  P.  M.,  and  went  into  camp  for  the  night.  The  rebels 
were  coming  in  and  surrendering.  Island  No.  10  had  fallen,  and 
the  retreat  of  the  rebels  was  cut  off.  Three  thousand  prisoners, 
including  Generals  Mackall  and  Gant,  were  captured.  The  latter 
were  on  the  steamer  "Alec.  Scott,"  and  were  subjected  to  a  very 
annoying  scrutiny  by  the  boys  of  the  Forty-sixth.  There  were  no 
introductions. 

This  was  the  end  of  the  campaign  against  Island  No.  10,  the 
first  move  toward  the  opening  of  the  Mississippi.  In  it,  as  well  as 
in  the  final  acts  at  Vicksburg,  the  Forty-sixth  regiment  bore  an 
important  part. 

In  a  congratulatory  order  to  General  Pope,  General  Halleck 
said: 

"I  congratulate  you  and  your  command  on  the  success  that  has 
crowned  your  toils  and  exposure.  You  have  given  the  final  blow  to  the 
rebellion  in  Missouri,  and  proved  yourselves  worthy  members  of  the  brave 
army  of  the  West." 

And  General  Pope  said  to  his  soldiers: 

"Much  as  the  general  commanding  has  desired  to  shield  the  forces 
under  his  command  from  unnecessary  suffering  and  loss  of  life,  the  success 
of  our  operations  required  unusual  courage  and  patriotism,  and  an  exhibi 
tion  of  the  highest  qualities  of  the  soldier.  The  general  commanding  has 
expected  much  from  the  gallant  men  of  this  army,  but  lie  is  proud  and 


OSCEOLA. FORT    PILLOW.  27 

gratified  to-day  that  his  anticipations  have  been  more  than  realized,  and 
that  he  has  been  impressed  with  a  confidence  in  the  officers  and  men  of  this 
command,  which  foreshadows  for  them  a  most  brilliant  future."  *  * 

Up  to  the  15th,  the  regiment  was  engaged  in  scouting  over  the 
country,  capturing  rebels  and  stores.  On  the  15th,  at  7  A.  M.,  the 
regiment  went  on  board  the  "G.  W.  Graham"  and  the  "Emma." 
General  Palmer,  with  his  staff,  went  on  the  "  Graham."  Colonel 
Fitch  commanded  the  brigade.  At  3  o'clock  the  boats  were  in 
sight  of  Osceola,  Ark.  The  smoke  of  the  rebel  gunboats  and  of 
Fort  Pillow  was  seen  across  the  bend.  On  the  16th,  the  fleet,  then 
numbering  twenty-two  transports,  crossed  and  tied  up  on  the 
Arkansas  side.  In  the  evening  the  mortarboats  began  throwing 
shells  into  the  fort.  At  the  same  time  the  "Jessie  Benton,"  a 
beautiful  little  tug  belonging  to  the  navy,  took  fire  and  was 
destroyed.  On  the  17th,  the  paymaster  came  and  interviewed  the 
boys,  making  the  first  payment  on  that  date.  The  entire  transport 
fleet,  except  the  "Graham"  and  "Emma,"  went  up  the  river, 
leaving  only  the  Forty-third  and  Forty-sixth  with  the  gunboats. 

At  Osceola  the  ground  was  wet  and  low  and  the  river  high. 
The  brigade  was  on  land  during  the  day  and  on  the  boats  at  night. 
The  weather  was  hot.  The  sick  list,  on  the  23d,  was  104.  Up  to 
the  9th  of  May,  nothing  of  interest  occurred.  Scouting  parties 
went  inland,  in  boats,  and  any  employment  that  offered  was 
accepted  to  occupy  the  time.  Under  a  "  Military  Masonic  Char 
ter,"  a  lodge  of  Masons  was  organized  at  a  plantation  house,  near 
Osceola,  under  the  direction  of  Surgeon  Horace  Coleman.  Regu 
lar  meetings  were  held,  and  the  institution  did  quite  a  satisfactory 
business.  The  "jewels"  were  manufactured  at  the  steamboat 
blacksmith  shop.  Beyond  the  usual  benefactions  of  the  institu 
tion,  the  meetings  helped  to  break  the  monotony  of  the  situation. 

On  the  9th  the  rebel  gunboats  came  up,  and  a  regular  engage 
ment  occurred  between  the  Van  Dorn,  Price,  Sumpter,  Lovell, 
Little  Rebel)  Beauregard  and  the  Bragg,  and  the  Federal  fleet. 
The  fight  lasted  over  an  hour,  and  resulted  in  the  sinking  of  the 
Cincinnati  and  Mound  City  in  shoal  water. 

The  attack  was  made  just  at  daybreak,  and  the  men  on  the 
transports  left  their  beds  with  commendable  promptitude. 

Henry  S.  Fitch  came  to  Osceola  as  brigade  quartermaster. 
Le  Roy  Fitch  was  in  command  of  the  "Torrence,"  a  magazine 
boat,  belonging  to  the  navy.  George  Groves,  another  Indiana 
boy,  was  on  duty  at  one  of  the  mortars. 


:28  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

Up  to  the  2d  of  June  there  was  only  the  usual  routine  of  duty. 
The  regiment  was  on  and  off  the  boat  each  day. 

On  the  3d  of  June,  Lieutenant  Brownlie  was  sent  down  the 
river  reconoitreing.  He  found  a  rebel  gunboat  tied  up,  while  a 
part  of  the  crew  was  on  shore,  getting  ice  from  a  house  on  the 
bank.  He  surprised  and  captured  seven  of  them,  and  brought 
them  off  under  the  fire  of  the  gunboat.  The  prisoners  were  put  on 
'••horseback,  behind  the  soldiers,  and  made  a  rough  voyage  to  the 
Federal  camp. 

On  the  same  day  the  major  of  the  Forty-sixth,  with  three 
companies,  was  sent  down  near  the  fort,  on  the  Tennessee  side, 
with  orders  to  construct  a  raft  or  bridge  from  the  timber  in  a  house 
known  to  be  there.  The  bridge  was  to  be  used  in  crossing  a  creek 
just  outside  the  fort.  In  the  midst  of  the  work  firing  commenced 
from  the  rebels,  which  was  replied  to  by  the  Federal  gunboats. 
Heavy  shot  went  over  the  work  and  plunged  into  the  timber.  A 
narrow  island,  covered  with  a  heavy  growth  of  brush,  obstructed 
the  view  of  the  river,  and  it  could  not  be  discovered  what  the 
^ause  of  the  attack  was.  Under  the  impression  that  the  movement 
was  discovered,  the  detail  returned  to  the  boat.  The  firing  was 
occasioned  by  an  attempt  by  Colonel  Ellet  to  cut  out  a  rebel  boat, 
just  above  the  fort.  He  started  down  with  the  ram  Queen  of  the 
West,  but  failed,  on  account  of  the  heavy  fire,  to  reach  the  boat. 
Ellet's  movement  was  without  the  knowledge  of  Commodore  Foot 
or  Colonel  Fitch,  and  the  presence  of  the  detail  was  not  known  to 
-Colonel  Ellet.  The  unfortunate  movement  of  the  ram  prevented 
the  brigade  from  participating  in  an  attack  upon  the  fort,  while 
the  evacuation  was  in  progress,  for  the  rebels  were  all  out  in  forty- 
eight  hours. 

On  the  4th,  Captain  Schermerhorn,  with  a  detail,  went  over 
and  completed  the  raft,  but  the  rebels  were  gone. 

On  each  day  from  the  30th  of  May,  information  was  received 
that  the  rebels  were  evacuating,  and  it  became  certain  that  the  end 
of  Fort  Pillow  was  near.  On  the  night  of  the  4th,  the  light  of  a 
great  conflagration  at  the  fort  was  witnessed  from  the  Federal 
fleet.  Evidently,  a  large  quantity  of  stores  was  being  consumed. 
On  the  5th,  at  3  A.  M.,  the  brigade  dropped  cautiously  down 
toward  the  fort,  the  little  steamer,  "  Hetty  Gilmore,"  in  the  lead. 
Arriving  at  the  fort,  the  "Hetty"  gave  three  whistles  and  all 
landed.  The  fort  was  entirely  empty.  Every  thing  portable, 
except  some  heavy  guns,  was  burned  or  destroyed. 


FORT    PILLOW. —  MEMPHIS.  29 

The  gunboats  and  rams  came  down  with,  or  shortly  after,  the 
brigade,  and  by  daybreak  the  fort  was  thoroughly  occupied  by  the 
invading  soldiers  and  sailors.  The  flags  of  the  Forty-third  and 
Forty-sixth  floated  over  the  parapet  of  the  fort  from  daylight  until 
noon,  when  they  were  furled  to  be  again  given  to  the  breeze  at 
Memphis. 

Colonel  Ellet,  in  his  report  to  the  department,  says  that  on 
the  evening  of  the  4th,  he  made  a  reconnoissance  of  the  fort,  going 
far  enough  down  to  discover  that  it  had  been  evacuated,  and  that 
on  the  5th  he  went  down  with  all  his  rams,  before  daylight,  and 
"planted  the  stars  and  stripes  on  the  fort."  Colonel  Ellet  is 
mistaken  in  his  facts.  Up  to  2  o'clock  of  the  morning  of  the  5th, 
it  was  not  certainly  known  to  anybody  on  the  Federal  side  that  the 
rebels  were  gone.  The  "Hetty  Gilmore,"  with  a  portion  of  the 
Forty-sixth,  was  at  the  fort  landing  before  any  ram  or  gunboat 
appeared,  and  none  of  the  fleet,  except  the  "  Hetty,"  came  until 
after  that  boat  had  given  the  signal  which  had  been  arranged. 

On  the  20th  of  May  an  accident  occurred  which  cost  Company 
H  a  man,  and  endangered  the  lives  of  three  others.  A  scouting 
party  was  going  down  the  road,  and  the  major  of  the  Forty-sixth,, 
with  J.  H.  Depoy,  Charles  Ross  and  M.  L.  Burson,  of  Company 
H,  were  taking  a  light  skiff  down  along  shore,  to  the  opening  of  a 
lagoon.  It  was  started  out  just  above  the  steamboats,  which  were 
lying  three  or  four  abreast.  The  boat  was  caught  in  the  current 
running  under  the  transports,  upset  and  drawn  under.  The  major 
and  one  of  the  men  caught  to  the  gunwale  of  the  steamer,  and  were 
drawn  out  by  some  deck  hands.  The  other  two  were  carried 
under  the  boats.  Burson  was  drawn  entirely  under,  and  caught  in 
the  opposite  wheel,  and  was  saved.  Depoy  went  clear  and  was  lost. 
Five  hundred  men  standing  on  the  surrounding  boats  were  unwill 
ing  witnesses  of  the  scene,  but  were  unable  to  render  any  assist 
ance.  After  passing  from  under  the  boat,  Depoy  was  seen  going 
down  the  river.  He  struggled  two  or  three  minutes  with  the  angry 
current,  and  finally  sunk  from  view.  In  a  few  days  the  body  was 
found  near  the  mortarboats  and  buried. 

At  noon,  on  the  5th,  the  brigade  again  started  down  the  river, x 
leaving  Company  B,  of  the  Forty-sixth,  to  gather  whatever  prop 
erty  might  have  been  left  undestroyed.  At  Fulton,  two  twelve- 
pound  guns  were  taken  on  board.  The  brigade  arrived  at  Fort 
Randolph  at  dark,  and  found  it  evacuated.  The  boats  then  tied, 
up  for  the  night. 


30  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

With  the  rams  in  advance,  the  fleet  reached  a  point  one  and 
one-half  miles  above  Memphis  about  4  o'clock.  Seven  rebel  gun 
boats  were  drawn  up  before  the  city.  The  ram  Queen  of  the  West 
immediately  pushed  ahead  of  the  gunboats  and  made  a  fearful 
dash  at  three  rebel -boats  coming  up  in  advance  of  the  fleet.  That 
dash  seemed  to  settle  the  business,  for  the  result  was  so  decisive 
that  the  destruction  of  the  rebel  fleet  was  unavoidable.  Supported 
by  the  ram  Monarch,  the  Queen  kept  on  her  course  of  destruction, 
until,  in  a  few  minutes,  the  victory  was  complete.  A  misunder 
standing  about  signals  left  three  of  the  Federal  rams  virtually  out 
of  the  contest.  During  the  action  the  gunboats  kept  up  a  contin 
uous  and  effective  fire. 

The  result  of  the  battle  was  a  surprising  victory.  Of  the  rebel 
fleet,  the  Lovell  and  Little  Rebel  were  sunk;  the  Beauregard  and 
Price  ran  into  each  other  and  were  disabled;  the  "Jeff"  Thompson 
was  blown  up;  the  Bragg  and  Sumpter  went  ashore  in  flames;  the 
Van  Dorn  ran  out  of  the  fight,  and  for  the  present  escaped, 

During  the  fight  the  bluffs  in  front  of  the  city  were  crowded 
with  an  excited  multitude.  By  incessant  boasting,  "Jeff" 
Thompson  had  produced  the  impression  that  his  wonderful  flotilla 
would  sweep  the  Federal  gunboats  from  the  river.  The  miserable 
fight  that  he  made  added  mortification  to  disappointment,  and 
when  the  valiant  general  and  commodore  mounted  a  convenient 
horse  at  the  conclusion,  and  rode  off  for  a  safer  place,  his  adherents 
gave  him  up. 

The  crews  of  the  rebel  gunboats  clung  to  the  wrecks  of  their 
vessels  and  were  picked  up  by  yawls  manned  by  Federal  sailors 
and  soldiers.  The  prisoners,  to  the  number  of  one  hundred,  were 
brought  to  the  steamer  "Yon  Puhl"  and  held  until  night,  when 
they  were  transferred  to  the  "Platt  Valley"  and  carried  to  Cairo. 
While  the  prisoners  were  being  fished  out,  a  band  on  one  of  the 
boats  played  "Dixie"  for  the  comfort  of  the  shivering  rebels. 

Immediately  after  the  fight,  the  transports,  with  the  brigade, 
ran  in  and  tied  up.  The  levee  was  occupied  by  a  dense  crowd  of 
people,  of  every  age,  sex  and  color.  An  intense  excitement  pre 
vailed  among  them.  The  mass  swayed  to  and  fro,  as  the  boats 
paddled  up  and  down,  endeavoring  to  make  the  landing.  All 
were  shouting.  There  were  cheers  for  the  Union  and  for  "Jeff" 
Davis.  Several  men  were  knocked  down.  There  was  a  great 
•demand  for  papers  and  for  silver  coin.  Before  landing,  Colonel 
Fitch  had  issued  orders  requiring  each  company  in  the  brigade  to 


TAKING    DOWN    THE    FLAG.  31 

select  a  particular  part  of  the  boat  for  its  "company  quarters,"  and 
to  assemble  there  on  call.  Finally,  the  boats  made  their  landing, 
and  a  company  was  sent  ashore  to  keep  back  the  crowd. 

On  the  7th,  Colonel  Fitch  appointed  Captain  John  H.  Gould 
provost  marshal;  Major  J.  C.  Major,  of  the  Forty-third,  command 
ant  of  the  pickets  and  patrols,  and  Major  Bringhurst,  of  the  Forty- 
sixth,  commandant  at  Hopefield,  on  the  Arkansas  side  of  the  river. 
This  point  was  the  eastern  terminus  of  the  Memphis  &  Little 
Rock  railroad,  and  was  the  location  of  extensive  iron  works. 
Three  large  Parrot  guns,  three  locomotives  and  one  hundred  and 
fifty  thousand  dollars'  worth  of  railroad  iron  were  captured  at  this 
place.  Four  companies  were  detailed  each  day  to  patrol  the  city. 
A  riot  at  the  Grenada  depot,  on  the  night  of  the  6th,  was  sup 
pressed  by  Company  K,  after  severe  measures  became  necessary, 
one  man  being  bayonetted  and  two  shot.  On  the  afternoon  of  the 
6th  a  detachment  was  sent  up  on  the  bluff  to  take  down  a  rebel 
flag  that  was  defiantly  floating  from  a  large  pole.  Great  excite 
ment  existed  among  the  mass  of  people  that  was  present,  and 
fearful  threats  were  made  against  the  men  who  dared  to  touch  the 
flag.  As  a  meeting  with  the  civil  authorities  had  been  arranged 
by  Colonel  Fitch  with  the  Mayor  and  City  Council,  at  3  o'clock, 
it  was  deemed  advisable  to  wait  until  after  that  meeting.  At  the 
appointed  time  the  meeting  was  held,  and  an  arrangement  was 
reached  under  which  the  municipal  powers  of  the  Mayor  and 
Council  were  continued,  and,  with  the  military  authority,  under 
took  to  enforce  the  law  and  to  maintain  the  supremacy  of  the  laws 
and  Constitution  of  the  United  States. 

At  3.30,  a  detail  of  three  companies  of  the  Forty-sixth,  and 
three  from  the  Forty-third,  were  sent,  under  Major  Bringhurst,  to 
take  down  the  obnoxious  flag.  The  streets  around  the  pole  were  a 
perfect  jam.  The  mob  cursed  and  taunted  the  soldiers,  who  made 
no  reply.  The  battalion  was  promptly  formed  around  the  pole, 
and  two  sturdy  wood-choppers  went  to  work.  The  promised  shots 
for  the  man  who  touched  the  pole  did  not  come,  but  the  pole  did, 
and  with  a  crash.  In  an  instant  the  flag  was  stripped  from  the 
pole  and  taken  possession  of  by  the  adjutant  of  the  Forty-third 
regiment.  The  battalion  was  then  quietly  marched  back  to  the 
boat.  • 

Just  as  the  flag  came  down  two  Federal  rams  passed  up  the 
river,  followed  by  the  rebel  steamship  Bragg  and  towing  the 
Sumpter,  both  manned  by  Federal  crews.  These  were  the  two 


32  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

vessels  that  went  ashore  on  the  day  of  the  naval  battle.  So,  all  of 
the  famous  "Thompson  navy"  was  destroyed  or  captured,  except 
the  Van  Dorn. 

In  addition  to  the  gunboats  destroyed  and  captured,  the 
transports  "M.  R.  Cheek,"  "Victoria,"  " New  National,"  "H.  R. 
Hill"  and  the  "Sovereign,"  were  captured  at  the  levee  or  on  the 
way  down.  All  these  boats  were  subsequently  used  on  White 
river  and  elsewhere  against  the  rebels. 

On  the  8th  of  June  Company  B  arrived  from  Fort  Pillow,  with 
an  "assorted  cargo,"  prominently  among  which  was  thirty  hogs 
heads  of  prime  sugar.  Large  quantities  of  cotton  and  sugar  were 
found  stowed  away  in  stores  and  dwellings.  Immense  quantities 
of  both  articles  were  burned  by  the  rebels  when  they  found  that 
Memphis  would  be  taken. 

The  regiment  remained  in  Memphis  until  the  13th  of  June, 
when  it  shipped  on  the  "New  National,"  to  take  part  in  the  expe 
dition  up  White  river,  to  convey  stores  to  the  army  of  General 
Curtis,  which  was  coming  down  from  Missouri. 

While  at  Memphis  the  regiment  missed  the  boom  of  the 
cannon  which,  from  March  4  to  June  7,  had  never,  night  or  day, 
been  out  of  the  ears  of  the  men. 


CHAPTER  III. 

VACANCIES  AND  PROMOTIONS.— DOWN  THE  MISSISSIPPI.  — WHITE  RIVER. 

ST.  CHARLES. —  FORTIFICATIONS. — ATTACK. — EXPLOSION  OF  THE 
" MOUND  CITY."— VICTORY.— UP  THE  RIVER.— GUERRILLAS.— CURTIS' 
ARMY.— HELENA.— JUNE,  1862 -APRIL,  1863. 

Between  June,  1862,  and  April,  1863,  the  following  vacancies 
and  promotions  occurred: 

Captain  William  Spencer,  of  Company  E,  resigned  June  11,. 
1862;  Lieutenant  Henry  Snyder  was  commissioned  to  succeed  him; 
and  Charles  F.  Fisher  was  commissioned  first,  and  Ellis  Hughes 
second  lieutenant. 

Colonel  Graham  N.  Fitch  resigned  August  5,  1862;  he  was 
succeeded  by  Lieutenant  Colonel  Thomas  H.  Bringhurst;  Major 
John  H.  Gould  was  commissioned  lieutenant  colonel,  and  Cap 
tain  Aaron  M.  Flory,  of  Company  B,  major;  Lieutenant  Frank 
Swigart  was  commissioned  captain  of  Company  B,  Theodore  B. 
Forgy  first,  and  Loren  C.  Stevens  second  lieutenant. 

Adjutant  Richard  P.  DeHart  resigned  October  18,  1862;  he- 
was  succeeded  by  Lieutenant  James  M.  Watts,  of  Company  A; 
Lieutenant  James  V.  Brough  was  commissioned  first,  and  Sergeant 
William  A.  Andrews  second  lieutenant. 

Assistant  Surgeon  William  S.  Haymond  resigned  December  2, 
1862;  he  was  succeeded  by  Corporal  Israel  B.  Washburn,  of 
Company  I. 

Lieutenant  Eli  R.  Herman,  of  Company  E,  resigned  February 
5,  1862;  he  was  succeeded  by  Sergeant  Charles  F.  Fisher. 

Captain  James  H.  Thomas,  of  Company  I,  resigned  October 
21,  1862,  and  was  succeeded  by  Lieutenant  J.  W.  F.  Liston. 

Captain  Robert  W.  Sill,  of  Company  G,  was  discharged 
November  16,  1862,  and  was  succeeded  by  Lieutenant  Joseph  D_ 
Cowdin;  Lieutenant  James  Hess  was  commissioned  first,  and 
Sergeant  William  H.  H.  Rader  second  lieutenant. 


34  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

Captain  Joseph  D.  Cowden  resigned  December  25,  1862;    he 
was  succeeded  by  Woodson  S.  Marshall. 

Assistant  Surgeon  Asa  Coleman  resigned  December  26,  1862. 

Having  all  the  property  of  the  Forty-sixth  on  board  the  "New 
National"  the  night  of  the  13th,  at  5  o'clock  the  next  morning  the 
boat  pushed  out  on  the  "White  River  Expedition."  The  gunboat 
Conestoga  led  the  way,  followed  by  the  little  steamer  "Jacob 
Mussleman,"  the  "New  National"  and  the  "White  Cloud,"  a  boat 
loaded  for  Curtis'  army.  A  short  distance  down  the  river  the 
"Clara  Dolson,"  a  recently  captured  rebel  steamer,  was  met  com 
ing  up  with  a  Federal  gunboat  escort.  The  mouth  of  White 
river,  181  miles  below  Memphis,  was  reached  at  5  p.  M.  Going 
up,  the  gunboats  Lexington,  St.  Louis  and  Mound  City  were  over 
taken  and  became  part  of  the  expedition.  On  the  16th,  at  4 
o'clock,  the  fleet  reached  within  eight  miles  of  St.  Charles,  where 
obstructions  were  expected.  A  party  under  Lieutenant  Svvigart 
was  put  on  a  tug,  and  another  under  Lieutenant  Brownlie  on  shore, 
and  instructed  cautiously  to  go  up  the  river  and  reconnoitre.  The 
tug  soon  returned  and  reported  rebels  and  boats  ahead.  The  fleet 
anchored  until  daylight.  During  the  night  a  raft  was  sent  down 
by  the  rebels,  which  carried  the  "National"  against  the  "White 
Cloud,"  nearly  wrecking  both.  At  6  A.  M.  on  the  17th,  the  gun 
boats  were  under  way,  and  the  Forty-sixth  was  ashore,  marching 
toward  the  bluff.  Companies  A  and  B,  supported  by  Company  G, 
were  deployed  as  skirmishers.  The  gunboats  laid  off  just  below 
where  the  rebel  batteries  were  supposed  to  be,  and  ready  to  open. 
The  regiment  pushed  up  over  the  hill  and  through  a  deadening. 
When  within  300  yards  of  the  top,  the  rebels  and  some  small  guns 
were  seen.  These  and  the  infantry  opened  fire,  when  the  regiment 
rushed  in  and  drove  the  gunners  and  their  supports  off  up  toward 
their  boats.  Before  the  charge,  the  gunboats  had  commenced 
firing,  directing  their  shots  mainly  at  the  light  guns  on  the  brow  of 
the  hill.  At  that  time,  it  was  not  certainly  known  that  there  were 
larger  guns,  but,  suddenly,  the  rebels  opened  with  two  sixty-four 
pound  Parrots.  In  a  few  minutes  a  shot  plunged  into  the  Mound 
City,  penetrated  her  steam  chest,  and  immediately  the  boat  was  filled 
with  scalding  steam,  driving  the  crew  over  the  sides  into  the  river. 
A  hundred  men  were  afloat.  Many  were  so  badly  scalded  that, 
being  unable  to  swim,  they  sank.  Yawls  and  boats  pushed  out 
from  every  boat  in  the  fleet  to  the  men's  assistance,  but  the  rebels 
came  down  the  bank  and  fired  upon  the  helpless  sufferers  in  the 


FIGHT    AT    ST.    CHAELES.  35 

water.  Then,  the  gunboats  being  signaled  to  cease  firing,  the 
Forty-sixth  went  in.  The  right  of  the  line  was  close  to  the  river; 
and,  as  the  left  swept  around,  it  had  a  longer  distance  to  travel,  so 
the  right  was  in  first;  but  the  left,  swinging  around,  came  out  at 
the  river  in  time  to  complete  the  circuit.  Company  A  came  in  on 
the  four  small  gun  battery,  and  Company  B  and  the  left  companies 
on  the  large  guns. 

The  rebels  made  no  stand  after  the  Forty-sixth  reached  the 
top  of  the  hill,  but  fied  up  the  river.  Lieutenant  Commanding 
Fry  was  late  getting  out,  and  was  badly  shot  in  the  shoulder  by  a 
member  of  Company  B.  He  was  captured  and  conveyed  in  a  yawl 
to  the  gunboat  Conestoga,  and,  subsequently,  to  Memphis,  a 
prisoner.  Fry  had  been  an  officer  in  the  Federal  navy.  He  had  a 
command  in  the  rebel  navy  at  Forts  Thompson  and  Pillow,  and 
had  come  to  White  river  to  fortify  against  the  anticipated  invasion 
by  the  Federal  army.  He  had  the  Mauripas  and  the  "Eliza  G." 
and  had  commenced  to  drive  piles  across  the  river,  below  the  fort, 
but  was  late.  Some  years  after  the  rebellion  Fry  was  captured  in 
Cuba  and  shot  by  the  Spanish  authorities  for  his  guerrilla  practices. 
The  log-book  and  the  flag  of  the  Mauripas  were  captured  here, 
and  are  now  in  the  possession  of  Colonel  Fitch.  Major  Bringhurst 
secured  the  post  flag. 

The  Mound  City  and  the  "Mussleman"  presented  an  awful 
spectacle.  Fifty-eight  men  lay  dead  on  the  gunboat.  The  decks 
of  the  "Mussleman"  were  covered  with  men  wrapped  in  cotton  and 
oil.  The  poor  creatures  were  scalded  in  every  imaginable  manner 
and  degree.  Before  the  "Mussleman"  left  for  Memphis  several  of 
the  wounded  died. 

At  night  the  regiment  was  called  on  to  bury  the  dead.  This, 
after  the  excessive  labor  of  the  day,  was  a  hardship.  One  com 
pany,  at  first,  worked  at  a  time.  Later,  two  were  put  on.  At  2 
o'clock  a  heavy  rain  began  and  continued  until  morning.  The 
trench  dug  by  the  rebels  for  their  small  guns  was  used  for  a  grave. 
The  dead  were  carried  from  the  Mound  City,  one  by  one,  with  all 
proper  respect  and  solemnity,  and  buried  in  hostile  soil.  Later,  a 
grateful  country  remembered  and  removed  them  to  a  national 
cemetery. 

When  the  Mound  City  was  struck  she  was  towed  down  along 
side  the  "National."  As  she  came  in  a  man,  lying  on  deck,  in  the 
struggles  of  death,  took  hold  of  a  lanyard  attached  to  a  gun  that 
had  been  made  ready  to  fire.  He  pulled  the  string  and  discharged 


36  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

the  gun.  The  shot  passed  through  the  National,  severely  wound 
ing  the  engineer  and  cutting  off  a  steam  pipe.  The  deck  was 
covered  with  sick  and  wounded  men,  but,  as  the  steam  ascended, 
few  were  injured. 

On  the  afternoon  of  the  22d  of  June,  the  fleet  again  started 
up  the  river,  and  anchored  fifteen  miles  above  St.  Charles  for  the 
night.  The  Mound  City,  with  a  guard,  remained  at  her  old 
anchorage.  Early  the  next  morning  the  fleet  was  again  going  up 
stream.  At  10  o'clock  the  St.  Louis,  in  the  lead,  was  fired  upon, 
and  a  man  shot.  The  fleet  stopped  and  the  firing  became  general 
along  the  east  bank.  The  gunboats  threw  shell  and  grape.  The 
regiment  used  rifles.  The  fire  was  first  concentrated  on  the  "  White 
Cloud,"  which  carried  two  companies  of  the  Forty-sixth,  and, 
finally,  on  the  National,  which  was  the  last  boat  in  the  line. 
Breastworks  were  made  of  cracker  boxes,  mattresses,  hay,  etc. 
The  attack  continued  all  day.  Three  men  were  killed,  but  none  of 
the  Forty-sixth.  James  Ryan,  of  Company  H,  fell  overboard  and 
was  drowned.  The  same  evening  the  fleet  turned  and  came  back 
to  St.  Charles,  because  of  low  water.  Rebel  reports  from  above 
state  that  fifteen  rebels  were  killed  on  the  up  trip  of  the  fleet. 
The  "  Catahoula,"  a  former  rebel  transport,  came  up  with  stores 
and  remained.  A  part  of  the  regiment  took  up  quarters  on  her. 

On  the  22d.  the  body  of  the  mate  of  the  Mound  City  was 
found  afloat. 

On  the  same  day  an  expedition  was  sent  down  the  river  to 
overhaul  the  guerrillas.  Four  companies  of  the  Forty-sixth  went 
with  it.  It  was  frequently  fired  on,  but  suffered  no  loss.  Nothing 
was  effected.  On  the  25th  the  Forty-third  (Colonel  William  E. 
McLean)  and  the  Thirty-fourth  (Captain  Swain)  arrived  on 
five  small  boats  with  orders  for  the  entire  fleet  to  again  go  up 
White  river.  Only  two  gunboats  went.  On  the  28th  of  June  the 
reorganized  expedition  started  up,  with  Colonel  Fitch  in  command. 
Approaching  St.  Charles,  Companies  B,  G  and  K  were  landed  and 
sent  up  on  the  bluff.  The  place  was  found  abandoned.  The  fleet 
landed  at  5  P.  M. 

On  the  29th  the  fleet  again  put  out,  and  went  twenty-one 
miles  above  St.  Charles  by  evening.  Started  again  the  next  morn 
ing,  and  was  immediately  fired  on.  The  "National"  and  the 
"Era"  were  the  chief  targets.  Thirty  balls  passed  through  the 
"National."  On  the  "Era"  a  Thirty-fourth  man  was  killed  and 
five  wounded.  Reached  Clarendon.  River  falling.  Boats  rub- 


SCOUTING    ON    WHITE    RIVER.  37 

bing.  At  noon  three  regiments  went  up  into  town  for  parade  and 
"muster  for  pay."  During  their  absence  the  boat  hands  of  the 
"National"  had  whisky,  got  into  a  bloody  battle  and  nearly  mur 
dered  each  other.  None  killed.  All  wounded. 

A  scouting  party  sent  out  on  the  1st  was  chased  in.  Some 
lost  their  horses.  Powell,  of  Company  B,  arrived  without  hat, 
coat  or  shoes,  and  Kreisher,  of  Company  I,  did  not  get  in  until  the 
evening  of  the  next  day. 

On  the  4th  of  July  the  fleet  again  returned  to  St.  Charles. 
The  National  anniversary  was  celebrated  by  the  heavy  guns  of  the 
Lexington  and  the  band  of  the  Thirty-fourth  regiment. 

On  the  5th  of  July  the  fleet  again  turned  up  the  river.  With 
the  Lexington  in  the  lead,  the  boats,  in  their  regular  order,  cast 
loose  and  again  passed  up  the  tortuous  stream.  Arrived  at  Aber 
deen  at  3  P.  M.  Four  companies  were  sent  ashore  to  reconnoitre. 
Found  the  town  abandoned.  A  rebel  cavalryman  was  captured 
and  taken  to  the  boats.  He  confessed  that  he  was  engaged  in 
firing  on  the  boats.  The  gentleman  announced  his  name  as  "Peo- 
pler" — Mr.  Peopler.  He  was  finally  handed  over  to  the  Lexington 
for  further  proceedings.  In  the  evening,  while  three  or  four  hun 
dred  men  were  bathing  in  the  river,  they  were  fired  on  by  guerrillas 
in  the  brush.  The  chief  engineer  of  the  Lexington  was  killed, 
and  a  number  wounded.  The  Lexington  immediately  fired  several 
rounds  of  grape  into  the  brush,  and  the  regiments  formed  for 
action.  The  firing  lasted  over  an  hour,  and  was  continued  at 
intervals  all  night. 

On  the  next  day,  Mr.  Peopler  was  arrayed  in  a  boatman's  suit 
and  established  at  a  prominent  point  on  the  upper  deck  of  the 
boat.  It  was  supposed  that  his  colleagues  would  pick  him  off,  but 
he  remained  there  all  day,  with  only  the  injury  that  he  received 
from  the  sun. 

On  July  6,  six  companies  of  the  Twenty-fourth  and  two  from 
the  other  regiments  were  sent  at  3  in  the  morning  to  attack  a 
cavalry  force,  said  to  be  on  a  neighboring  prairie.  The  rebels 
were  met  at  6  in  the  evening.  The  action  was  brought  on  by  the 
Twenty-fourth,  which  had  put  three  companies  in  advance,  leaving 
the  remainder,  with  the  other  regiments,  in  reserve.  Suddenly  the 
rebels  attacked  the  reserve,  but,  after  a  few  rounds,  fled.  On  the 
march  out  the  Forty-third  missed  the  road  and  did  not  get  into 
action.  A  flag  of  truce  came  in,  asking  permission  to  collect  the 
dead  and  wounded.  Thirty  minutes  were  given  them  for  this 


38  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

purpose.  They  gathered  up  their  dead.  The  wounded  were  left 
in  our  hands.  Their  loss  was  eighty-four.  On  the  Federal  side 
there  was  one  killed  and  twenty  wounded,  all  in  the  Twenty- 
fourth.  The  men  returned  to  camp  at  3  P.  M.  The  sickvand 
wounded  were  taken  off  the  boats  and  put  in  houses.  All  the 
horses  went  ashore  and  quartered  in  a  large  stable,  where  a  sign 
read,  "No  Credit." 

At  4  o'clock  the  brigade  was  on  the  road  for  Duval's  Bluff. 
Two  howitzers  were  mounted  on  the  fore  wheels  of  wagons.  No 
enemy  was  seen  until  near  dark.  The  country  was  an  open  prairie, 
with  grass  waist  high.  The  rebels  kept  out  of  reach.  As  the 
evening  came  on  the  men  were  in  better  spirits.  The  absence  of 
the  burning  sun  gave  them  strength.  After  dark  the  band  of  the 
Thirty-fourth  played,  much  to  the  pleasure  and  refreshment  of  the 
men.  Then  a  regiment  began  to  sing,  and  the  melody  was  taken 
up  by  the  others  until  the  entire  column  was  singing,  much,  doubt 
less,  to  the  amazement  of  the  rebels. 

At  11  o'clock  at  night  the  rebel  cavalry  was  met.  The  how 
itzers  were  brought  up  and  fired  with  rounds  from  the  entire 
infantry  line.  These,  with  the  shouts  of  the  men,  seemed  to 
unnerve  the  rebels,  and  they  again  fled.  In  less  than  an  hour's 
marching  the  rebels  were  again  found  in  line.  An  angle  was 
formed  by  the  Forty-third  on  the  north  and  the  Forty-sixth  on  the 
east.  The  howitzers  were  again  brought  up  and  fire  opened.  The 
rebels  immediately  broke  and  fled.  The  two  regiments  followed 
them,  driving  them  over  their  camp  and  upsetting  their  corn-cake 
and  molasses  supper,  at  which  they  had  been  when  they  were 
called  to  meet  the  Federals. 

After  a  half  hour's  rest  the  brigade  turned  off  for  Clarendon. 
The  march  was  kept  up,  with  little  rest,  until  daylight.  The 
men  were  broken  down.  No  water  had  been  met  since  the  river 
was  left,  the  evening  previous.  At  daylight  there  was  a  halt  of 
thirty  minutes.  All  dropped  on  the  ground  and  slept.  Resuming 
the  march  it  was  almost  impossible  to  arouse  the  men.  At  5 
o'clock  the  river  was  made,  and  at  6  o'clock  the  column  had 
reached  Clarendon.  The  gunboats  and  the  transports  were  there, 
and  the  regiments  were  soon  ferried  to  the  other  side,  where  the 
order  was  "eat  and  sleep." 

At  3  P.  M.  orders  were  received  to  march  at  6  o'clock.  At  5.45 
the  regiment  was  in  line.  At  6  the  transport  UQ.  M.  D.,"  from 
Memphis,  arrived.  Information  brought  by  her  changed  the  pro- 


MORE    SCOUTING. BELKNAP's    BILL.  39 

gramme,  and  in  two  hours  the  entire  expedition  was  steaming 
down  the  river.  This  was  a  welcome  change,  for  the  Forty-sixth 
had  been  reduced  to  310  effective  men  by  fatigue  and  sickness. 
John  Shaffer,  of  Company  A,  was  shot  on  the  up  trip  of  the 
"Q.  M.  D,"  and  died  July  12. 

On  the  9th  the  "Golden  Era,"  on  which  was  the  Twenty- 
fourth  Regiment,  struck  a  snag  and  sank.  The  horses  were  thrown 
overboard  and,  with  the  men,  were  saved  and  put  upon  the 
"Q.  M.  D."  The  fleet  reached  St.  Charles  on  the  evening  of 
the  9th. 

When  the  regiment  went  up  the  river,  on  the  4th,  to  relieve 
the  "White  Cloud,"  S.  N.  Pennell,  of  Company  B,  discovered  a 
dog  near  some  bushes.  Supposing  that  the  animal  might  have 
company,  he  called  the  attention  of  Frederick  Fitch,  of  Company 
I,  who  had  charge  of  a  gun,  to  the  possibilities  of  the  case.  Fitch 
immediately  let  a  charge  of  grape  into  the  bushes.  It  was  subse 
quently  j^nown  that  four  guerrillas  were  killed  and  four  wounded 
by  the  shot. 

At  St.  Charles  a  bill  was  presented  Colonel  Fitch,  in  behalf  of 
one  Colonel  Belknap,  for  sundries  said  to  have  been  absorbed  by 
the  regiment  on  the  first  trip.  The  bill  was  against  the  United 
States,  and,  after  charging  for  cotton,  largely,  continued  with 
"forty-five  sheep  at  four  dollars  and  fifty  cents,  forty  Muscovy 
ducks  at  sixty  cents,  twenty  dozen  chickens  at  seven  dollars  and 
fifty  cents,  contents  of  garden  two  dollars,  six  calves  at  four 
dollars,  etc." 

As  Company  B  occupied  Belknap's  premises  a  day  and  a  night, 
it  was  supposed  that  its  members  had  appropriated  the  missing 
merchandise,  but  as  each  and  all  denied  eating  a  thing  during  the 
time,  and  there  being  no  proof,  they  were  not  held,  and  the  bills 
are  yet  unpaid. 

On  the  12th  of  July  two  boats,  with  six  companies,  were  sent 
back  to  Clarendon,  and  two  more,  with  six  companies,  went  to 
Indian  bay.  A  prisoner  reported  that  General  Curtis'  army  had 
passed  Clarendon  and  was  heading  toward  Helena.  The  detach 
ments  had  been  sent  to  intercept  Curtis,  but  he  had  passed. 

The  entire  expedition  left  St.  Charles  for  Helena  between  8 
and  10  o'clock  on  the  14th  of  July,  just  a  month  after  leaving 
Memphis. 

Curtis'  army  was  seen  along  the  river,  and  hearty  shouts  were 
exchanged  with  them. 


40  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

At  Prairie  Landing  the  gunboats  awaited  the  arrival  of  the 
last  boat.  At  dark,  all  having  arrived,  the  entire  fleet  rounded 
Montgomery's  Point,  and  made  for  Helena,  where  it  arrived  the 
next  morning. 

The  Forty-sixth  was  first  welcomed  by  the  Logansport  com 
pany  in  the  Ninth  Illinois  Cavalry  (Captain  Gilford). 

The  sick  list  at  this  time  was  large.  Two  invoices  of  invalids 
had  been  sent  to  Memphis  from  White  river.  Now  there  were 
125  on  the  surgeon's  report. 

The  "White  River  Expedition"  originated  in  a  suggestion  by 
General  Curtis,  in  a  dispatch  by  him  to  General  Halleck,  early  in 
June,  from  Batesville,  the  then  headquarters  of  the  Army  of  the 
Southwest.  General  Curtis  suggested  that  supplies  be  sent  him 
by  way  of  White  river,  and  that  they  should  meet  him  at  Des 
Arc.  The  expedition  was  organized  Avith  the  consent  of  General 
Halleck,  and  the  assistance  of  Major  Allen,  quartermaster  at  St. 
Louis.  General  Grant  arrived  at  Memphis  about  the  15th  of  June, 
after  the  departure  of  the  expedition,  and  heartily  indorsed  and 
seconded  the  movement.  On  June  26  he  sent  to  Colonel  Fitch 
the  following  order: 

"HEADQUARTERS  ARMY  OF  THE  TENNESSEE, 

"MEMPHIS,  June  26,  1862. 

"Sm:  I  send  five  steamers  loaded  with  supplies  for  General  Curtis' 
army.  As  they  necessarily  pass  through  a  hostile  country,  great  caution 
must  be  exercised  to  prevent  them  falling  into  the  hands  of  the  enemy  or 
from  feeing  destroyed.  I  have  selected  you  as  the  commander  of  the  expe 
dition,  and  reinforce  you  with  two  additional  regiments,  as  you  will  per 
ceive  from  special  orders  accompanying  this. 

"It  would  be  impossible  to  give  special  instructions  for  the  manage 
ment  of  this  expedition.  Much  must  necessarily  be  left  to  the  discretion  of 
the  officer  in  command.  I  would  suggest,  however,  that  two  pieces  of 
artillery  be  placed  on  the  bow  of  the  boat  intended  to  lead;  that  all  of  them 
be  kept  well  together;  that  when  you  tie  up  for  the  night,  strong  guards  be 
thrown  out  upon  the  shore,  and  that  troops  be  landed  and  required  to  march 
and  clear  out  all  points  suspected  of  concealing  a  foe. 

"It  is  desirable  that  these  supplies  should  reach  General  Curtis  as 
early  as  possible.  As  soon  as  the  boats  can  possibly  be  discharged,  return 
them,  bringing  your  entire  command  to  St.  Charles  or  to  where  you  are  now. 

"It  is  not  intended  that  you  should  reach  General  Curtis  against  all 
obstacles,  but  it  is  highly  desirable  that  he  should  be  reached. 

"U.  S.  GRANT, 

"COLONEL  G.  N.  FITCH,  "Major  General  Commanding. 

"Commanding  Expedition  on  White  River." 


GUERRILLAS.  41 

The  retaliatory  order  of  Jefferson  Davis  against  Fitch's  com 
mand  was  issued  on  this  expedition.  Guerrilla  bands  were  con 
stantly  murdering  soldiers  and  sailors  from  the  woods  and  bushes. 
They  were  not  soldiers,  but  independent  gangs  of  assassins  amena 
ble  to  no  law,  civil  or  military.  On  the  24th  of  June,  Colonel 
Fitch  reported  the  situation  on  White  river,  and  his  action  against 
the  guerrillas  in  the  following: 

"HEADQUARTERS  U.  S.  FORCES, 

"ST.  CHARLES,  ARK.,  June  24,  1862. 

"Sm:  Subsequent  to  rny  report  of  the  21st  inst.,  guerrilla  bands  have 
twice  fired  into  the  gunboats  and  transports  from  the  woods  opposite  St. 
Charles,  and  once  upon  the  pickets  above  the  town,  killing  a  mortarboat 
man  who  was  detailed  at  Memphis  as  a  part  of  a  gunboat  squad  to  act  with 
this  regiment,  and  a  seaman  on  the  gunboat  Lexington.  To  put  a  stop  to 
this  barbarous  warfare,  Major  Bringlmrst  was  sent  with  four  companies, 
escorted  by  the  gunboats  Cincinnati  and  Lexington,  up  Indian  bay  into  the 
county  of  Monroe,  where  these  bandits  are  said  to  be  raised,  with  orders  to 
post  conspicuously  copies  of  the  accompanying  notice.  The  expedition 
was  successful,  seizing  some  ammunition  that  was  about  to  be  used  by  those 
bands,  and  bringing  in  three  prisoners,  who  were  charged  with  aiding  and 
abetting  them.  One  of  the  prisoners  (Moore)  appears  to  be  a  surgeon  of 
the  Confederate  army  on  furlough,  obtained  upon  tender  of  his  resignation, 
which  has  not  been  finally  acted  on.  As  a  surgeon,  he  claims  exemption 
from  captivity  under  an  agreement  between  belligerents.  He  was  not  taken 
as  such,  but  as  a  member  of  or  as  aiding  in  the  formation  of  guerrilla 
bands.  An  investigation  of  the  case  is  now  being  made. 

"  I  remain,  general,  very  respectfully  yours,  "  G.  N.  FITCH, 

"Colonel  Commanding  Forty-sixth  Regiment  Indiana  Volunteers. 
"MAJOR  GENERAL  WALLACE,  Commanding  Memphis." 

[Inclosure.] 
NOTICE. 

To  THE  INHABITANTS  OF  MONROE  COUNTY,  ARKANSAS:  Guerrilla 
bands  raised  in  your  vicinity  have  fired  from  the  woods  upon  the  United 
States  gunboats  and  transports  in  White  river.  This  mode  of  warfare  is 
that  of  savages.  It  is  in  your  power  to  prevent  it  in  your  vicinity.  You  will, 
therefore,  if  it  is  repeated,  be  held  responsible  in  person  and  property. 
Upon  a  renewal  of  such  attack,  an  expedition  will  be  sent  against  you  to 
seize  and  destroy  your  personal  property.  It  is  our  wish  that  no  occasion 
for  such  a  course  shall  arise,  but  that  every  man  shall  remain  at  home  in 
pursuit  of  his  peaceful  avocation,  in  which" he  will  not  be  molested,  unless 
a  continuance  of  such  barbarous  guerrilla  warfare  renders  rigorous  meas 
ures  on  our  part  neccessary. 

"By  order  of  G.  X.  FITCH, 

"Jos.  D.  COWDIN,  "Colonel  Commanding  U.  S.  Forces. 

"Acting  Adjutant. 

"HEADQUARTERS  STEAMBOAT  'WHITE  CLOUD,' 

"ST.  CHARLES,  ARK.,  June  24,  1862." 


42  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

In  a  few  days  after  the  expedition  into  Monroe  county,  a 
party  with  a  flag  of  truce  came  in  with  a  communication  from 
General  Hindman,  the  rebel  commandant  of  the  district.  The 
document  claimed  that  all  the  belligerents  on  White  river  were 
"regulars,"  and  enlisted  under  proper  regulations,  and  the  general 
claimed  the  right  to  dispose  his  men  along  White  river  as  he 
might  deem  proper,  "  even  should  it  prove  annoying  to  you  and 
your  operations."  The  document  concluded  with  the  remark:  "I 
have  thought  it  but  just  that  I  should  furnish  you  with  a  copy  of 
my  order,  that  you  may  act  advisedly,  and  I  respectfully  forewarn 
you  that  should  your  threat  be  executed  against  any  citizen  of  this 
district,  I  shall  retaliate,  ^man  for  man,  upon  the  Federal  officers 
and  soldiers  who  now  are,  or  hereafter  may  be,  in  my  custody  as 
prisoners  of  Avar." 

To  this  Colonel  Fitch  curtly  replied,  referring  to  the  despica 
ble  character  of  the  warfare  waged  by  Hindmairs  guerrillas,  and 
comparing  the  conduct  of  the  garrison  at  St.  Charles,  in  shooting 
the  drowning  men  of  the  Federal  gunboat,  to  the  heroic  behavior 
of  the  Federal  soldiers  at  Memphis,  in  rescuing  the  unfortunate 
Confederates  who  were  thrown  into  the  river  by  the  explosion  of 
their  vessel.  Colonel  Fitch's  reply  closed  with  the  declaration: 
"  Your  threat  will  not  deter  me  from  executing  the  letter  of  my 
proclamation  in  every  case  in  which  my  judgment  dictates  its  pro 
priety  or  necessity." 

Hindman  seems  to  have  reported  the  matter  to  the  Confed 
erate  government,  for  immediately  there  came  an  order  from  Jef 
ferson  Davis  to  retaliate,  man  for  man,  on  all  of  the  officers  in 
Colonel  Fitch's  command;  and  in  his  book,  "The  Rise  and 
Fall  of  the  Confederate  Government,"  Davis  groups  Major  General 
Hunter  and  General  Phelps,  for  recruiting  negro  soldiers  and 
"arming  slaves  for  the  murder  of  their  masters,"  Major  General 
B.  F.  Butler,  who  "  hung  an  inoffensive  citizen  at  New  Orleans" 
(Mumford),  and  "Brigadier  General  G.  N.  Fitch"  and  his  com 
mand,  "  who  are  reported  to  have  murdered  in  cold  blood  two 
peaceful  citizens,  because  one  of  his  men,  when  invading  our  coun 
try,  was  killed  by  some  unknown  person  while  defending  his 
home."  Against  these  Mr.  Davis  hurled  his  anathemas,  and 
declared  them  deserving  the  fate  of  felons. 

No  officer  of  Fitch's  command  fell  into  rebel  hands  until  the 
Red  river  captures,  before  which  time  Mr.  Davis  had  rescinded 
his  order  as  against  the  Forty-sixth,  on  the  ground  of  false 


THE    PILLOW    FARM.  4£ 

information.  Hindman's  mistake  occurred  in  supposing  that  the 
prisoners  brought  from  Indian  bay  were  killed.  When  the  force 
returned,  the  captives  were  closely  confined  on  a  gunboat,  and,  as 
they  were  not  visible,  the  impression  was  formed  that  they  had 
been  executed.  This  theory  had  been  adopted  by  Hindman,  who 
reported  it  to  Richmond,  highly  embellished. 

General  Hindman  finally  fell  a  victim  to  his  favorite  system 
of  warfare.  He  was  killed  after  the  war  while  sitting  in  his  house, 
near  Helena,  by  an  assassin  who  shot  him  through  the  window. 

At  Helena,  the  army  of  Curtis,  as  well  as  the  Forty-sixth  Reg 
iment,  went  into  a  thorough  renovation.  An  entirely  new  outfit  of 
horses,  wagons  and  clothing  was  procured.  Large  numbers  of  troops 
were  arriving  from  the  North  daily.  Most  of  them  were  "new 
men,"  dressed  in  new  clothes,  and  with  all  the  material  necessary 
for  good  service.  If  they  felt  any  above  their  ragged  brethren, 
they  were  sufficiently  sensible  to  conceal  the  feeling. 

On  the  1st  of  August  the  entire  Vicksburg  fleet  came  up  the 
river.  In  a  few  days  the  regiment  moved  to  the  "Pillow  Farm," 
a  few  miles  below  Helena.  The  general  and  his  family  were 
absent.  The  place  was  well  stocked  and  in  charge  of  a  faithful 
negro.  And  the  agent  was  something  of  a  financier.  He  had  dis 
posed  of  much  of  the  portable  stuff  about  the  farm  at  fair  prices, 
taking  pay  in  "Northern  Indiana  railroad"  money,  which  he 
expected  would  be  redeemed  by  the  cashier,  "Sallie  Miller,"  then 
on  the  road  to  Helena. 

On  the  3d  of  August  the  Forty-third  and  Forty-sixth,  with  an 
Indiana  battery  and  the  First  Arkansas  Infantry,  were  sent  against 
a  rebel  force  said  to  be  west  of  Helena.  Subsequently  the  Fifth 
Illinois  was  added  to  the  force,  and  all  of  it  was  merged  into  the 
division  of  General  A.  P.  Hovey,  numbering  3,000  men.  An 
action  had  taken  place  the  day  before,  and  it  was  supposed 
that  a  large  rebel  force  was  assembling  for  an  attack  upon  the 
post.  The  march  was  exhausting  from  ^the  heat  and  dust.  Many 
fell  out,  and,  during  the  first  two  days,  several  went  back  to  the 
river.  The  column  went  to  Clarendon  in  four  days,  remained  there 
five  days  and  returned  in  four  days.  The  return  march  was  not 
fatiguing,  as  it  was  cooler.  Met  no  rebels  except  the  usual 
guerrilla  squads.  Much  of  the  ground  traveled  had  been  gone  over 
before.  Four  men  were  killed,  two  of  whom  belonged  to  the 
Thirty-fourth  Indiana. 

About  the  20th  a  steamer,  coming  down  the  Mississippi  river,. 


44  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

-struck  a  bar  and  was  wrecked.  It  had  on  board  some  200  soldiers 
returning  to  their  regiments.  Very  nearly  all  were  drowned. 
Henry  Baylors,  of  Company  K,  was  among  the  lost.  Some  two 
weeks  afterward,  Saylors'  body  was  found  in  the  river,  near  the 
<camp  of  the  Forty-sixth.  It  had  floated  forty  miles  and  stopped 
near  his  company's  quarters. 

On  the  2d  of  September,  Colonel  Fitch,  having  resigned,  took 
formal  leave  of  the  regiment.  He  resigned  in  consequence  of  an 
injury  that  disabled  him  for  service.  He  had  accepted  leave  of 
absence  to  await  the  action  of  the  department  commander  on  his 
resignation. 

Just  before  the  colonel  left,  the  regiment  was  paraded,  and  he 
addressed  the  men  in  a  speech,  referring  to  the  fact  that  in 
inarches,  camps,  bivouacs,  in  encounters  with  the  enemy,  he  had 
been  with  them  for  nearly  a  year.  He  said  he  had  to  take  leave  of 
them  from  necessity.  That  his  absence  might  be  brief  or  con 
tinued,  as  circumstances  might  determine,  but,  with  the  regiment 
or  at  home,  his  best  efforts  should  be  used  in  behalf  of  it  or  its 
members.  He  enjoined  upon  men  and  officers  that  they  be  kind 
to  one  another,  and  remember  that  what  discipline  they  were  under 
was  necessary  for  their  welfare  and  for  the  efficiency  of  the  regi 
ment.  He  said  he  left  the  men  under  the  charge  of  capable  and 
considerate  officers,  and  he  hoped  that  the  future  of  the  regiment 
might  be  as  bright  as  its  past.  It  had  won  a  name  creditable  to 
our  State,  and  honorable  even  among  enemies.  Its  members  were 
enjoined  to  do  nothing  that  might  tarnish  the  good  name  of  the 
regiment  nor  the  honor  of  our  State.  At  the  conclusion  the  regi 
ment  gave  three  hearty  cheers  for  Colonel  Fitch.  The  departure 
of  the  colonel  was  regretted  by  all  the  members  of  the  regiment. 
His  care  of  the  men  endeared  him  to  all.  His  discipline  Avas 
recognized  as  an  essential  element  in  the  regiment's  subsequent 
efficiency,  and,  in  after  years,  his  successor  cheerfully  acknowl 
edged  that  the  education  o.f  the  regiment  to  its  after  capacity,  was 
largely  due  to  the  early  discipline  of  its  first  colonel. 

The  regiment  was  at  Helena,  Ark.,  from  July  15,  1862,  until 
April  9,  1863;  nearly  nine  months.  During  that  time  it  was 
engaged  in  various  and  numberless  expeditions,  and  fights  and 
skirmishes  with  guerrillas.  It  was  on  White  river  four  times;  to 
Duval's  Bluff  twice;  to  Arkansas  Post;  down  the  Tallehatchie; 
«ast  from  Helena  to  Moon  lake,  Yazoo  Pass  and  other  points  of 
less  note.  The  history  of  the  regiment  is  the  history  of  the  war 


TALLEHATCHIE.  45 

in  Arkansas  during  that  time,  for  it  was  with  and  generally  at  the 
head  of  nearly  all  of  the  important  expeditions  that  went  out. 
The  brief  summary  of  the  regiment's  duties  given  at  or  from 
Helena,  during  the  period  indicated,  is  all  that  is  here  necessary. 

Martin  L.  Rutter,  of  Company  A,  was  killed,  and  Daniel  Sam- 
sel,  of  Company  D,  was  wounded,  by  guerrillas,  October  26,  1862.. 
Two  men  of  the  Forty-third  were  killed  the  same  day. 

S.  C.  Levin  was  elected  sutler,  October  27. 

On  November  5  the  regiment  sent  a  scouting  party  seven; 
miles  further  west  than  had  before  been  reached. 

Three  companies  of  the  regiment,  with  others,  went  on  a 
scout  forty  miles  up  the  river,  on  the  1st  of  November.  Found  no 
rebels,  but  the  people  were  excited  about  the  new  money  that  they 
saw  for  the  first  time.  Large  importations  of  "Northern  Indiana 
railroad"  money  were  still  being  made.  It  was  handled  by  an  indi 
vidual  in  Logansport,  who  sold  it  to  persons  who  sent  it  South. 
It  arrived  in  sheets,  unsigned,  and  was  filled  up  according  to  the 
fancy  of  the  purchaser.  That  about  Helena  bore  the  names, 
"M.  M.  Post,"  "Alex.  Barnett,"  "Sallie  Miller,"  "Dan  Pratt," 
"D.  D.  Dykeman,"  "Molly  Thomas,"  etc.,  etc.  It  had,  for  a 
time,  a  great  run,  but  the  officers  stamped  it  out.  Latterly  it  cir 
culated  only  away  from  camp.  Expeditions  used  it  largely. 
Those  found  offering  it  were  court  martialed  and  fined.  On  one 
occasion  a  man  belonging  to  one  of  the  new  Iowa  regiments  came 
into  the  quarters  of  the  Forty-sixth  and  offered  one  of  the  contra 
band  notes  for  a  watch.  The  amazing  audacity  of  the  man  was 
admired  for  a  while,  when  the  verdant  financier  was  hooted  from 
camp. 

Hamilton  Robb,  of  Carroll  county,  was  elected  chaplain  by 
the  officers,  on  the  5th  of  November.  He  was  commissioned 
December  13. 

On  November  15,  Colonel  Slack,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Gould 
and  Thomas  O.  Riley  were  appointed  a  board  of  trade.  The 
board  was  supposed  to  regulate  the  purchase  of  cotton. 

On  November  15  the  entire  division  went  on  an  expedition  to 
Arkansas  Post.  It  returned  to  Helena  on  the  22d.  No  results. 

The  great  "Tallehatchie  Expedition"  started  on  the  26th  of 
November,  1862.  It  was  composed  of  not  less  than  5,000  men, 
with  a  splendid  outfit  of  artillery  and  cavalry.  The  expedition 
went  on  boats  down  to  the  "Delta,"  a  small  town  on  the  Missis 
sippi  side  of  the  river.  At  5  o'clock  on  the  29th  the  army  started. 


46  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

There  was  a  train  of  160  wagons,  a  regiment  of  cavalry,  and  a 
number  of  batteries  of  artillery.  A  march  of  twenty-four  miles 
was  made  by  dark.  On  the  30th  of  November  the  rebels  were 
seen  near  a  ferry  on  Coldwater.  A  bridge  was  built  and  the 
troops  crossed  over  on  the  31st.  No  rebels  could  be  found.  The 
return  march  was  begun  on  the  2d  of  January.  Crossing  the  Talle- 
hatchie,  great  numbers  of  negroes  followed  and  remained  with 
the  column  until  the  Mississippi  was  reached.  Early  on  the  morn 
ing  of  the  last  day  the  boom  of  the  morning  gun  at  Helena  was 
heard,  and  loud  shouts  proclaimed  the  joy  of  the  soldiers  in  being 
within  hearing  distance  of  Colonel  Slack  and  his  artillery.  The 
Forty-sixth  reached  the  river  at  8.30  A.  M.,  and  was  in  Helena  by 
3.30  P.  M. 

On  the  1st  of  January,  1863,  the  following  detail  for  artillery 
duty  was  made  from  the  Forty-sixth  regiment.  It  was  assigned 
by  Captain  P.  Davidson,  chief  of  artillery,  to  the  Sixteenth  Ohio 
Battery,  Captain  Mitchell,  and  did  good  service: 

Company  A,  Henry  C.  Canter,  Thomas  W.  Patton;  Company 
B,  John  N.  Oliver,  Warren  L.  Wagoner;  Company  C,  Henry  A.  Gra 
ham,  Jacob  Rutter;  Company  D,  William  H.  Powell;  Company  E, 
Benjamin  F.  Shoup;  Company  F,  Patrick  Callahan;  Company  G, 
James  Johnson,  Colon  McColloch;  Company  H,  John  Chamber 
lain;  Company  I,  Allen  Calhoun,  Richard  Calhoun;  Company  K, 
David  Haller. 

The  regiment  started,  on  the  10th  of  January,  on  another  trip 
up  White  river.  It  reached  St.  Charles  on  the  15th,  and  remained 
until  the  18th,  when  it  continued  on  up  to  Clarendon  and  Duval's 
Bluff.  It  met  no  old  friends  and  made  no  new  acquaintances. 
The  return  was  begun  on  the  19th,  and  Helena  was  made  on  the 
22d.  The  regiment  went  into  camp  a  mile  back  from  the  river. 
The  mud  was  overwhelming.  It  was  reported  that  a  mule  and  a 
horse  were  drowned  near  the  center  of  the  town.  The  sick  report 
of  the  post  reached  1,200.  Surgeon  Horace  Coleman  was  acting 
"medical  director"  for  the  division. 

On  the  14th  of  February  the  regiment  started  on  the  "  Yazoo 
Pass  Expedition."  An  opening  was  cut  in  the  levee,  and  in  a 
transport  the  regiment  passed  into  Moon  lake,  an  immense  pond 
hemmed  in  by  the  higher  land  back  and  the  levee  on  the  Missis 
sippi.  A  landing  was  made  on  a  comparatively  dry  spot,  where 
the  remains  of  an  old  mill  stood.  It  was  entitled,  "Hunt's  Mills," 
and  McAllister,  of  Company  I,  and  Haney,  of  Company  B,  took 


YAZOO    PASS.  47 

the  establishment  in  hand,  and  in  a  few  days  turned  out  large 
quantities  of  a  good  article  of  corn-meal. 

On  arriving  at  the  "Mills"  the  regiment  went  into  camp, 
expecting  to  be  comfortable  for  a  few  days,  but  the  sudden  rise  of 
the  water,  caused  by  the  river  rushing  through  the  opening  in  the 
levee,  overflowed  nearly  the  entire  country,  and  left  scarcely 
enough  dry  land  to  camp  upon. 

Some  work  was  done  on  this  visit  to  Moon  lake  in  cutting 
out  trees  and  obstructing  timbers,  but  before  much  in  that  line 
was  effected  the  regiment  was  ordered  back  to  Helena,  where  it 
arrived  on  the  21st  of  February. 

On  landing,  orders  were  received  to  prepare  to  embark  on  the 
"Volunteer"  and  "Ida  May"  at  3  o'clock.  Although  tired  and 
hungry,  the  men  immediately  prepared  to  ship,  but  before  the 
appointed  hour  orders  came  "to  wait  for  pay."  This  order  was 
obeyed,  and  the  regiment  marched  up  to  the  Exchange  hotel,  was 
paid  for  two  months,  and  was  back  on  the  boats  by  10  o'clock  in 
splendid  spirits. 

On  the  "Moon  Lake  Expedition"  three  rebels  were  killed  and 
six  wounded.  Aurilius  L.  Voorhis  and  George  W.  Bruington,  of 
Company  B,  \vere  wounded  by  guerrillas. 

The  real  "  Tallehatchie  Expedition"  was  now  to  begin.  General 
Ross  commanded.  He  took  the  "Volunteer"  for  his  flagship,  and, 
with  the  Forty-sixth,  took  the  lead.  Companies  A,  C,  E,  G,  H 
and  K  were  on  the  "Ida  May,"  and  Companies  B,  F,  D  and  I  on 
the  "  Volunteer."  The  expedition  was  composed  of  new  troops, 
except  the  Forty-third,  Forty-sixth  and  the  Forty-seventh  Indiana. 
The  gunboats  Chillicothe  and  DeKalb  were  in  advance,  followed  by 
fifteen  transports  arid  the  ram  Fulton.  The  fleet  went  crashing 
through  trees  and  limbs,  tearing  off  the  chimneys  and  upper  works 
of  the  boats.  Huge  trees  were  cut  down  and  rolled  out  of  the 
way,  and  great  piles  of  brush  and  timber  blocked  the  road  until 
removed.  The  fleet  made  from  two  to  five  miles  a  day,  and  often 
at  night  the  starting  point  of  the  morning  was  in  'sight.  The 
boats  were  nearly  wrecked.  The  smoke  stacks  were&  knocked 
•down  and  the  upper  works  torn  off.  The  "Volunteer"  was  a  new 
boat,  just  from  Pittsburg.  She  was  highly  decorated  and  in 
perfect  order.  After  coming  through  the  pass  she  looked  like  an 
abandoned  scow. 

The  brigade    consisted    of  the    Forty-third,  Forty-sixth   and 
Forty-seventh  Indiana,  and  the  Twenty-eighth  Wisconsin,  under 


48  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

General  Soloman.  In  addition,  there  were  the  Thirty-third  and 
Thirty-fifth  Missouri,  the  Thirty-third,  Thirty-sixth  and  Twenty- 
ninth  Iowa,  six  guns  of  the  Third  Iowa  Artillery  and  one  company 
of  an  Illinois  cavalry  regiment,  under  General  Clinton  B.  Fisk. 
General  Ross  commanded  the  whole. 

The  Tallehatchie  was  reached  and  better  sailing  had.  Evi 
dence  of  the  presence  of  the  rebels  began  to  be  seen.  The  trans 
port  "Thirty-fifth  Parallel"  was  passed  in  flames.  She  was  filled 
with  cotton  and  was  burned  to  keep  the  property  from  falling  into 
Federal  hands.  All  night  a  constant  stream  of  burning  cotton 
floated  past  the  fleet,  keeping  all  hands  busy  saving  the  boats  from 
conflagration. 

The  fleet  reached  within  two  miles  of  the  fortifications  on  the 
llth  of  March.  The  Forty-sixth  was  immediately  detailed  to 
disembark  and  proceed  toward  the  town  of  McNutt,  to  ascertain 
whether  an  infantry  force  was  there,  as  reported.  The  Forty- 
seventh  was  ordered  down  the  river  toward  the  fort.  Being  near 
the  left  of  the  column,  it  was  late  reporting.  The  Forty-sixth 
having  returned,  Colonel  Bringhurst  asked  permission  of  the 
adjutant  of  General  Ross  to  go  on  down  the  river  and  wait  for 
Colonel  Slack.  Permission  being  given,  the  regiment  went  down 
to  within  three-quarters  of  a  mile  of  the  fort,  and,  seeing  the  rebel 
"infantry  outside,  advanced  and  attacked  them.  Companies  A  and 
B  were  detailed  as  skirmishers.  The  rebels  stood,  and  an  engage 
ment  at  once  came  on.  The  whole  line  became  engaged,  and  after 
some  sharp  firing  the  rebels  took  to  the  fort.  In  the  mean  time  the 
Chillicothe,  with  General  Ross  on  board,  dropped  down  the  stream. 
Coming  in  sight  of  the  fort  the  rebels  opened  on  the  gunboat  with 
two  sixty-eight-pound  guns,  making  the  splinters  fly. 

General  Ross  had  landed  and  was  with  the  regiment  before 
the  infantry  engagement  was  over,  and  complimented  it  for  its 
behavior. 

Returning,  the  regiment  met  the  Forty-seventh  coming  downr 
and,  although  the  Forty-sixth  had  taken  the  place  assigned  to 
Colonel  Slack,  he  joined  General  Ross  in  complimenting  the 
regiment. 

Samuel  Stewart  was  shot  through  the  groin,  and  Theophilus  P. 
Rodgers  in  the  leg;  both  of  Company  B. 

On  the  6th  of  March  an  accident  occurred  which  cost  the 
regiment  one  of  its  best  members.  A  light  boat  containing  a  staff 
officer  of  General  Ross,  a  clerk,  Artemus  Burnsworth,  and  B. 


FORT    PEMBERTON.  49 

Porter,  of  Company  I,  left  the  "Volunteer"  on  an  errand  to  the 
shore.  The  fleet  was  under  good  headway  and,  on  returning,  the 
boat  missed  the  "  Volunteer"  and  made  for  the  "Ida  May."  ?The 
steamer  ran  down  the  boat  and  passed  over  it.  Burnsworth 
and  Porter  went  entirely  under  the  "Ida  May."  Porter  was 
taken  up  by  a  yawl.  Burnsworth  was  seen  no  more.  The  other 
two  men  were  hauled  aboard  the  steamer. 

On  the  12th  of  March  a  general  attack  was  made  on  the  fort. 
Soloman's  brigade  was  placed  between  the  river  and  the  land 
battery  erected  a  few  days  before,  and  to  the  right  of  that  battery. 
The  gunboats  came  slowly  down  the  river,  and,  coming  in  range 
of  the  fort,  opened  with  their  heavy  bow-guns.  The  land  battery 
also  opened.  Immediately  the  fort  was  heard  from,  and  in  no 
uncertain  way.  Their  shells  were  sent  in  showers  over  the  boats 
and  the  land  battery.  The  rebels  had  a  sixty-eight-pound  gun, 
which  was  particularly  effective.  One  of  its  shells  passed  through 
the  shutter  of  the  Chitticothe  and  exploded  in  the  gun-room, 
killing  three  and  fatally  wounding  nine  men.  During  the  engage 
ment  the  cotton  bales  on  the  upper  deck  of  the  Chitticothe  took 
fire,  when  a  squad  of  negro  firemen  went  up  with  hose  and  extin 
guished  the  flames.  The  Chitticothe  carried  an  168-pound  gun, 
whose  shell  could  entirely  penetrate  a  bale  of  cotton  or  the  thick 
est  bank  of  the  fort,  and  threatened  the  destruction  of  their  works, 
but  the  boat  could  not  hold  position  long  enough  to  effect  what 
was  possible  under  other  circumstances. 

On  the  16th  another  attack  was  made,  with  the  same  result. 

On  the  19th  Wright  Nield  had  an  arm  shot  off  while  "looking 
out"  for  a  rebel  gun  that  was  tiring  at  a  working  squad.  Nield 
saw  the  gun  fire  and  gave  the  word,  but  before  he  could  get  down 
the  ball  struck  him.  He  subsequently  died. 

On  the  19th  the  fleet  started  to  return.  Much  time  was  lost 
in  the  dark  by  the  boats  becoming  entangled,  which  might  have 
been  fatal  had  the  rebels  understood  the  situation. 

Met  General  Quimby,  with  reinforcements,  on  the  21st  of 
March.  The  entire  expedition  wus  ordered  to  return  and  the  old 
positions  were  reached,  and  on  the  28d  the  Forty-sixth  was  again 
sent  down  in  advance.  Approaching  the  fort,  two  large  yawls,, 
filled  with  men,  were  seen  making  off  from  the  shore.  The  balls 
of  the  advance  compelled  one  party  to  halt;  the  other  escaped. 
The  captured  yawl  contained  fourteen  men. 

On  the  23d  a  tree  fell  across  a  tent  in  the  camp  of  the  Forty- 


50  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

seventh,  killing  four  and  fatally  injuring  two  men.     James  Storms, 
of  Logansport,  was  one  of  the  wounded. 

On  the  night  of  the  31st  of  March,  Companies  B  and  D  stood 
picket  within  200  yards  of  the  rebels. 

A  party  of  rebels  came  in  with  a  flag  of  truce  on  April  1. 
Their  alleged  business  was  about  a  prisoner,  but  they  really  wanted 
to  see  what  was  being  done  on  our  side.  They  were  held  back  a 
proper  distance.  Captain  Sikes,  the  officer,  was  exceedingly 
sociable,  and  sat  and  talked  an  hour  with  our  officers.  In  return, 
the  next  day  our  colonel,  with  a  flag  and  four  men,  went  over  to 
see  what  they  were  doing.  They  had  more  success  than  the  rebels, 
and  learned  much  about  their  position. 

Quartermaster  Downey,  when  down  near  the  fort,  on  the  4th 
of  April,  was  struck  in  the  hand  by  a  rebel  shell.  The  colonel, 
with  some  men,  was  in  a  battery  destroying  the  sacks  that  had 
fteen  used  in  the  work.  The  shot  was  drawn  by  them.  On  the 
same  day,  at  the  same  place,  a  twelve-pound  shell  passed  through 
a  group  of  Company  K's  men.  They  were  sitting  around  a  tree. 
William  Johnson  was  killed  and  Elihu  Shaffer  wounded.  When 
the  report  of  the  gun  was  heard,  Johnson  gathered  his  knees  to  his 
body.  The  shell  blew  out  its  fuse  and  passed  entirely  through  his 
knees  and  body.  The  brass  fuse  went  through  Shaffer's  hand. 

The  fleet  again  started  for  Helena  on  the  5th  of  April.  The 
Forty-sixth  occupied  the  "Volunteer"  alone.  On  the  6th  a  cap 
tain  of  a  boat  and  a  soldier  of  the  Forty-third  were  killed  by 
guerrillas.  A  large  plantation  house  in  the  vicinity  was  in  flames 
in  a  few  minutes. 

The  regiment  arrived  at  Helena  on  the  8th  of  April. 


CHAPTER  IV. 


VACANCIES  AND  PROMOTIONS. — MILLIKEN'S  BEND. — DAWSON'S. — DUNBAR'S. 
-HARD  TIMES.—  GRAND  GULF.  — THE  BENTON.— PORT  GIBSON.— 
CHAMPION'S  HILL. — VICKSBURG. —  JACKSON. — DOWN  THE  RIVER. — 
APRIL-AUGUST,  1863. 

"OETWEEN  April  and  August,  1863,  the  following  vacancies 
I   J     and  promotions  occurred: 

Captain  Benjamin  A.  Grover,  of  Company  K,  resigned  July 
22,  1863;  he  was  succeeded  by  Lieutenant  Robert  M.  Shields"; 
John  McClung  was  commissioned  first,  and  Chester  Chamberlain 
second  lieutenant.  Surgeon  Horace  Coleman  resigned  July  31, 
1863;  Assistant  Surgeon  I.  B.  Washburn  was  commissioned  sur 
geon,  and  Joshua  W.  Underbill,  of  Company  E,  assistant  surgeon. 

The  following  was  the  organization  of  the  Thirteenth  Army 
Corps  (Major  General  J.  A.  McClernand),  April  30,  1863: 

NINTH  DIVISION  (Osterhaus). 
First  Brigade  (Garrard).  Second  Brigade  (Sheldon). 

Forty-ninth  Indiana,  Sixteenth  Ohio, 

Sixty-ninth  Indiana,  Forty-second  Ohio, 

One  Hundred  and  Twentieth  One  Hundred  and  Fourteenth 

Ohio.  Ohio. 

One  Hundred  and  Eighteenth  Fifty-fourth  Indiana, 

Illinois,  Twenty-second  Kentucky. 
Seventh  Kentucky. 

ARTILLERY. 

First  Wisconsin  Battery,  Seventh  Michigan  Battery. 

CAVALRY. 

Third  Illinois  Cavalry  (Companies  A,  E  and  K). 


52  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

TENTH  DIVISION  (A.  J.  Smith). 
First  Brigade  (Bui-bridge).  Second  Brigade  (Landram). 

Sixteenth  Indiana,  Nineteenth  Kentucky, 

Sixtieth  Indiana,  Seventy-seventh  Illinois, 

Sixty-seventh  Indiana,  Ninety-seventh  Illinois, 

Eighty-third  Ohio,  One  Hundred  and  Eighth 

Ninety-sixth  Ohio,  Illinois, 

Twenty-third  Wisconsin.  One  Hundred  and  Thirtieth 

Illinois, 
Forty-eighth  Ohio. 

ARTILLERY. 

Chicago  Mercantile  Battery,          Seventeenth  Ohio  Battery. 

CAVALRY. 

Fourth  Indiana  Cavalry  (Company  C). 

TWELFTH  DIVISION  (A.  P.  Hovey). 

First  Brigade  (McGinnis).  Second  Brigade  (Slack). 

Eleventh  Indiana,  Forty-seventh  Indiana, 

Twenty-fourth  Indiana,  Twenty-fourth  Iowa, 

Thirty-fourth  Indiana,  Twenty-eighth  Iowa, 

Forty-sixth  Indiana,  Fifty-sixth  Ohio. 

Twenty-ninth  Wisconsin. 

CAVALRY. 
First  Indiana  Cavalry  (Company  C). 

ARTILLERY. 

Second  Illinois  Battery  (A),          Second  Ohio  Battery, 
Sixteenth  Ohio  Battery,  First  Missouri  Battery  (A). 

THIRTEENTH  DIVISION  (Ross). 

First  Brigade  (Soloman).  Second  Brigade  (Fisk). 

Forty-third  Indiana,  Twenty-ninth  Iowa, 

Thirty-fifth  Missouri,  Thirty-third  Iowa, 

Twenty-eighth  Wisconsin.  Thirty-sixth  Iowa, 

Thirty-third  Missouri. 

ARTILLERY. 

Third  Iowa  Battery. 


FOR    VICKSBURG.  53 

FOURTEENTH  DIVISION  (Carr). 

First  Brigade  (Benton).  Second  Brigade  (Lawler). 

First  United  States,  Eleventh  Wisconsin, 

Eighth  Indiana,  Twenty-first  Iowa, 

Eighteenth  Indiana,  Twenty-second  Iowa, 

Thirty-third  Illinois,  Twenty-third  Iowa. 

Ninety-ninth  Illinois. 

CAVALRY. 

Third  Illinois  Cavalry  (Company  G). 

ARTILLERY. 

First  Indiana  Battery,  First  Iowa  Battery. 

SECOND  DIVISION  OF  CAVALRY  (Bussey). 
First  Brigade  (Wiley).  Second  Brigade  (Clayton). 

Fifth  Illinois  Cavalry,  Second  Arkansas  Cavalry, 

First  Indiana  Cavalry.  Third  Iowa  Cavalry, 

Fifth  Kansas  Cavalry, 
Second  Illinois  Cavalry, 
Sixth  Missouri  Cavalry. 

On  the  arrival  of  the  regiment  at  Helena,  it  was  met  by  Gen 
eral  Hovey,  who  ordered  the  Forty-sixth  and  Forty-seventh  to 
remain  on  their  boats,  as  they  were  to  go  to  Vicksburg. 

On  the  evening  of  the  llth  the  "Volunteer,"  with  the  regi 
ment,  dropped  down  the  river  a  few  miles,  with  orders  to  watch 
and  follow  the  "Universe,"  the  flagboat  of  the  general.  It  rained 
heavily  all  night.  The  next  morning  (Sunday)  the  men  were  busy 
•drying  and  cleaning  up.  The  chaplain  was  having  religious  ser 
vices  when  the  "  Universe"  passed  down,  with  colors  flying.  The 
sermon  was  cut  off,  and  in  twenty  minutes  the  regiment  was  on 
board  and  steaming  down  the  river.  The  river  was  very  high. 
At  4  o'clock  the  "Volunteer"  was  off  White  river,  and  at  5  she 
passed  Napoleon,  at  the  mouth  of  the  Arkansas.  At  8  o'clock  the 
"Volunteer"  overhauled  three  boats  that  had  been  ahead.  At  10 
o'clock  all  the  leading  boats  were  overhauled  at  anchor.  The 
"Volunteer"  was  ordered  to  take  the  lead,  as  she  "was  the  only 
boat  that  had  a  competent  pilot."  Accordingly  she  steamed  on 
down. 

The  boat  was  full  of  men.     All  the  decks  were  covered  with 


54  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

sleeping  soldiers,  and  the  night  was  dark.*  The  river  was  out  of 
its  banks,  and,  in  some  places,  three  or  four  miles  wide.  The 
danger  of  getting  out  of  the  channel,  or  on  the  bars,  was  great, 
and  the  colonel,  feeling  the  responsibility  of  the  situation,  went 
with  the  captain  to  the  pilot  to  ascertain  how  far  that  official 
could  be  relied  on.  It  was  discovered  that  the  pilot  was  a  member 
of  the  First  Indiana  Cavalry,  and  had  been  on  that  part  of  the 
river  only  once  before,  and  then  on  a  coal  barge. 

The  "Volunteer"  ran  many  risks,  and,  at  2  o'clock,  after  rub 
bing  several  sandbars,  came  to  anchor  without  orders,  and  by  3 
o'clock  the  whole  fleet  was  huddled  around  her.  At  daybreak  the 
boat  was  again  under  way,  and  at  6  o'clock  tied  up  near  the  quar 
ters  of  General  Grant. 

After  breakfast  the  "Volunteer,"  under  orders,  was  unloaded 
and  the  property  carried  up  on  dry  ground.  In  a  few  hours  orders 
came  to  put  everything  on  the  boat  again.  That  was  done.  The 
next  morning  the  boat  moved  a  short  distance  up  the  river  and  the 
regiment  went  into  camp. 

The  point  where  the  army  was  concentrating  was  at  Milliken's 
Bend,  twenty  miles  above  Vicksburg. 

All  baggage,  except  what  could  be  carried,  was  ordered  back 
to  the  boats.  The  division  had  no  wagons  except  for  ammuni 
tion.  All  else  was  put  on  the  steamers  "Cheeseman"  and  "Cer- 
lew,"  to  be  carried  past  the  rebel  batteries  at  Vicksburg.  The 
stores  were  put  on  the  boats  without  any  regard  to  method  or 
order.  Things  were  piled  up  just  as  they  were  brought  in,  and 
worse  confusion  could  not  have  been  constructed. 

On  the  16th  of  April  the  division  began  its  march.  The 
Twenty-fourth  led  the  column,  followed  by  the  Forty-sixth,  with 
the  Sixteenth  Ohio  Battery  between  them.  Richmond  was  reached 
before  dark,  and  the  regiment  remained  over  night.  Marched  at 
6.30  on  the  17th.  Reached  Dawson's  plantation  at  4  P.  M. 
Weather  exceedingly  hot.  Knapsacks  were  relieved  by  the  dis 
charge  of  overcoats  and  superfluous  clothing.  The  splendid  man 
sion  of  "Mars"  Dawson  was  soon  filled  by  a  hot  and  hungry 
soldiery,  The  rooms  were  all  taken.  During  the  night  terrific 
firing  was  heard  in  the  direction  of  Vicksburg.  Supposing  the 
transports,  with  their  baggage,  were  passing  the  batteries  on  the 
little  steamers,  the  Forty-sixth  people  expressed  some  uneasiness. 

Left  the  plantation  on  the  21st  of  April.  The  division  had 
built  bridges  additional  to  those  built  by  the  engineers,  and  had  a. 


GRAND    GULF.  55 

road  to  itself.  Encamped  that  night  on  Dunbar's  plantation. 
The  weatherboarding  of  the  mansion  was  used  for  bedding.  Built 
a  bridge  on  the  22d,  and  enjoyed  heavy  rains  for  four  days. 
Marched,  on  the  27th,  at  noon,  over  heavy  roads,  and  stopped 
two  miles  from  the  river.  Remained  a  short  time,  and  pushed  on 
through  the  rain  to  the  river.  The  division  went  into  camp  and 
remained  until  noon  on  the  28th.  The  regiment  was  marched  a, 
short  distance  down  the  river  and  exercised  in  pumping  out  two 
coal  barges  that  had  been  perforated  in  passing  the  batteries. 

At  5  o'clock  the  Eleventh,  Twenty-fourth  and  Forty-sixth 
were  put  on  the  "Forest  Queen"  and  a  coal  barge  on  each  side  of 
her.  Every  foot  of  room  was  covered.  By  dark  the  entire 
division  was  loaded  on  five  transports  and  the  coal  barges.  At  8 
o'clock  General  Hovey  assembled  the  colonels  of  the  division  in 
the  cabin  of  the  "  Forest  Queen"  and  explained  to  them  the  pro 
posed  movement.  The  division  was  to  be  on  boats  and  barges 
opposite  the  rebel  fort.  The  gunboats  were  to  silence  the  batteries, 
when  the  infantry  was  to  run  over,  land  and  secure  a  footing  at 
the  base  of  the  fort.  The  transports  were  then  to  return  for  addi 
tional  troops.  Governor  Yates,  of  Illinois,  was  present  at  this 
meeting.  The  colonels  were  directed  to  assemble  their  company 
officers  and  instruct  them  in  their  duties. 

The  division  started  at  3  o'clock  on  the  morning  of  the  29th, 
and  reached  Hard  Times  at  6.  The  boats  tied  up  nearly  oppo 
site  the  great  fort  of  Grand  Gulf.  It  was  not  then  visible  through 
the  mist,  but  in  an  hour  it  was  in  plain  view.  The  sight  was 
interesting,  but  not  comforting.  It  was  a  huge  sugar  loaf  hill, 
with  a  plane  at  its  base,  some  twenty  feet  above  the  river.  Not  a 
man  or  a  gun  could  be  seen.  The  river  seemed  to  run  straight 
against  the  fort,  while  Black  river  came  into  the  Mississippi  close 
to  its  right. 

At  8  o'clock  all  was  ready.  The  division  was  on  its  boats. 
The  gunboats  were  at  anchor  in  the  stream.  The  Louisville, 
Lafayette,  Benton,  Pittsburg,  Mound  City,  Carondelet  and  the 
Price  were  in  the  fleet.  Admiral  Porter  was  on  the  Benton, 
General  McClernand  on  the  Price,  and  General  Grant  was  on  a 
little  tug  in  the  middle  of  the  river.  On  a  signal  from  the  Benton 
the  fleet  weighed  anchor  and  stood  up  stream.  Going  up  a  mile, 
the  boats  turned  and  came  down  in  line  of  battle.  By  this  time 
the  sun  was  high  enough  to  expose  the  fort  to  its  direct  rays,  and, 
from  the  transports,  a  distinct  view  could  be  had  of  every  move- 


•56  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

ment,  and  for  over  five  hours  the  Thirteenth  Corps  looked  upon 
one  of  the  grandest  sights  ever  witnessed. 

The  attack  failing  to  silence  the  enemy's  guns,  signals  were 
made  for  the  division  to  land.  The  corps  was  then  marched  along 
the  levee  past  the  fort.  Below,  it  went  into  camp.  By  morning, 
the  entire  corps,  with  two  of  Logan's  brigades,  about  20,000  men, 
were  ready  for  the  march  for  Vicksburg.  During  the  night  the 
transports  and  gunboats  ran  past  the  batteries.  The  rebel  cannon 
ading  shook  the  ground  the  soldiers  slept  upon. 

Officers  of  the  regiment,  who  subsequently  visited  the  fort, 
say  that  the  plateau  was  very  broad,  and  completely  commanded 
by  rifle  trenches  wide  enough  to  shelter  four  ranks  of  infantry, 
and  with  many  pieces  of  light  artillery.  The  time  necessary  for 
the  transports  to  unload  and  return  for  reinforcements  would  have 
been  sufficient  to  annihilate  the  first  detatchments,  and,  probably, 
most  of  the  succeeding  ones.  In  view  of  subsequent  events,  it 
was,  perhaps,  fortunate  that  the  heavy  rebel  guns  were  not 
silenced. 

At  5  o'clock  on  the  morning  of  the  30th  of  April  the  regiment 
"  mustered  for  pay,"  and,  in  an  hour,  with  the  Twenty-fourth 
Indiana,  was  marching  on  the  Benton.  The  Eleventh  went  on  the 
Lafayette.  On  the  Benton,  the  Twenty-fourth  occupied  the  upper 
deck  and  the  Forty-sixth  the  lower  or  gun  deck. 

At  8  o'clock  the  Benton  ran  up  a  signal  and  put  out  into  the 
stream.  She  was  immediately  followed  by  all  the  gunboats,  trans 
ports  and  bargeis —  all  heavily  laden  with  infantry  and  artillery. 
As  the  fleet  rounded  out,  a  band  at  the  quarters  of  General  Grant 
played  "The  Red,  White  and  Blue."  The  cheers  from  the  boats 
and  the  shore,  the  heavy  masses  of  soldiers  on  the  vessels,  with 
the  busy  preparations  on  the  gunboats  for  action,  produced  impres 
sions  on  the  spectators  that  will  never  be  forgotton. 

On  the  wheel-house  of  the  Benton  stood  General  Grant  and 
Commodore  Porter,  closely  watching  the  shore.  Nothing,  however, 
was  visible  on  land  that  indicated  that  the  enemy  was  pre 
pared  for  the  movement.  The  decks  were  covered  with  anxious 
soldiers,  the  guns  were  cleared  for  action,  and  the  crews  were  at 
quarters.  Opposite  Bruinsburg  the  Benton  signaled,  "Prepare  to 
land,"  and  slowly  rounded  to.  As  soon  as  the  boat  reached  the 
bank  the  Forty-sixth  and  Twenty-fourth  Indiana  were  on  shore— 
the  first  to  land.  Only  one  man  was  seen  on  the  bank.  He  was 
supposed  to  be  a  spy  of  General  Grant's  and  was  sent  on  board. 


POET    GIBSON.  57 

'Two  day's  rations,  to  do  five,  were  issued  and  speedily  distributed. 
There  was  such  haste  that  many  companies  were  obliged  to  roll 
their  provisions  along  as  they  marched.  A  rapid  movement  was 
begun.  The  roads  were  crowded.  At  first  there  was  much  con 
fusion,  but  gradually  the  advance  became  orderly  and  rapid. 

There  were  no  horses  in  the  column,  except  those  with  the 
artillery.  The  officers  walked  with  the  men.  The  regiment 
snatched  a  few  minutes  and  got  supper  at  8  o'clock.  Marched, 
with  many  halts,  all  night.  At  5  o'clock  A.  M.,  the  1st  of  May, 
the  colonel  took  advantage  of  a  halt  and  ordered  the  men  to  pre 
pare  breakfast.  It  was  fortunate,  for  it  was  many  hours  before 
another  opportunity  occurred.  Before  the  heavy  eaters  were 
through  heavy  firing  began,  and  the  order  came  to  go  forward. 
The  regiment  was  in  line  instantly,  and  pushed  to  the  front. 
Rudely  jostling  an  old  colonel,  he  said,  "  You'll  get  there  in  time, 
boys."  And  many  of  them  did.  The  road  was  gorged  with 
infantry  and  artillery — all  crowding  to  the  front.  The  regiment 
went  with  the  tide,  and  in  a  few  minutes  was  engaged  in  battle. 

This  point  was  four  miles  from  Port  Gibson,  and  the  result  of 
the  engagement  would  determine  the  campaign.  Crossing  a 
chasm,  the  Forty-sixth  became  separated  from  the  other  regiments 
of  the  brigade,  and  came  out  on  a  plain  near  the  Magnolia 
church,  where  it  was  ordered  by  General  McGinnis  to  support  the 
Eighteenth  Indiana,  which  was  being  heavily  pressed.  About 
that  time  the  Forty-sixth  joined  the  other  part  of  the  brigade,  and 
and  took  part  in  the  first  charge.  The  Eighteenth  was  fighting 
the  Fifteenth  Arkansas  and  the  Twenty-first  and  Twenty-third 
Alabama.  A  battery  of  two  guns  was  in  front,  within  an  hundred 
yards.  In  the  charge  on  the  rebel  infantry,  the  Forty-sixth  went 
through,  breaking  the  rebel  lines.  Company  E  captured  the  colors 
of  the  Fifteenth  Arkansas,  and  a  portion  of  Company  H  ran  over 
the  colors  of  the  Twenty- third  Alabama.  Captain  Henry  Snyder 
and  James  M.  McBeth,  of  Company  E,  fired  upon  and  wounded 
the  color-bearer  of  the  Fifteenth  Arkansas.  McBeth  took  the 
colors,  but  inadvertantly  let  them  pass  into  the  hands  of  some 
Thirty-fourth  men,  who  had  come  up.  Portions  of  the  Eleventh, 
Thirty-fourth  and  Forty-sixth  Indiana  charged  upon  and  captured 
the  battery.  This  capture  has  been  claimed  by  each  regiment, 
severally,  but  it  was  their  joint  work.  Whoever  did  the  work,  it 
was  well  done.  Every  horse  and  every  man  about  the  first  gun  was 
.killed.  It  was  then  turned,  and,  being  loaded,  fired  upon  the  rebels. 


58  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

After  an  hour's  rest  the  regiment  was  ordered  forward  and  to- 
the  right.  It  crossed  the  Port  Gibson  road  and  formed  on  a  bare 
hill.  Artillery  went  into  battery.  Immediately  the  line  was- 
opened  on  from  the  woods  in  front,  where  a  new  rebel  line  had 
been  formed.  A  part  of  the  Forty-sixth  and  some  artillery  were 
sent  down  and  the  rebels  dispersed.  At  5.30  p.  M.  our  line  was 
withdrawn,  and  the  men  laid  down  and  slept. 

At  4.30  A.  M.  on  the  2d,  the  army  was  in  motion,  and  at  8 
o'clock  the  regiment  stacked  arms  in  one  of  the  streets  of  Port 
Gibson.  It  remained  in  town  until  the  next  evening,  and  enjoyed 
a  well  earned  rest. 

In  the  movement  from  the  river,  the  regiment's  behavior 
pleased  its  friends  and  satisfied  the  general  officers. 

The  killed  and  wounded  of  the  regiment  Avere: 

Adjutant  James  M.  Watts,  wounded;  supposed  mortally. 

Company  A. — Wounded:  Corporal  W.  H.  Padget,  mortally; 
Charles  B.  Fawcet,  Daniel  P.  Snyder,  John  Beaver. 

Company  B. — Wounded:    Henry  Brown. 

Company  C.—  Killed:  David  Cripe,  Austin  Way  mire,  Corporal 
John  R.  Shaffer.  Wounded:  Benjamin  Addis,  Alexander  Lane, 
Jonathan  N.  Galloway,  Isaac  E.  Smock. 

Company  D.—  Killed:  Noah  Jones,  William  Loudermilk,. 
Alfred  Hitchens.  Wounded:  Corporal  Nathan  Downham,  Cor 
poral  Lovengier,  Corporal  Crockett,  Corporal  Theron  Kendrick, 
Michael  Blue. 

Company  E.— Wounded:  William  C.  Shull,  Randolph  Mere 
dith,  John  D.  Cummer,  D.  B.  Wirt,  William  Brockus,  George  W. 
Albert,  Robert  Stogdel,  Charles  Rider,  Henry  Teeples. 

Company  F.— Wounded:  Corporal  James  Campbell,  Jonas 
Sloniker. 

Company  G— Killed:    J.  Swisher.     Wounded:    Levi  C.  Cline. 

Company  II.— Killed:  Corporal  Samuel  Fisher.  Wounded: 
William  Faler,  Samuel  Coble,  Henry  Reichard. 

Company  I.— Wounded:  Martin  L.  Surface,  Henry  C.  Davis, 
Daniel  Harrol,  George  Beckett,  George  Schley. 

Company  K.-— Wounded:  Corporal  Adam  Gaudy,  Larkin 
Adamson.  Total  killed,  eight;  wounded,  thirty-seven. 

Of  the  wounded,  Adamson  died  on  the  day  of  the  battle,, 
and  Padget  on  the  3d  of  May. 

The  Forty-sixth  had  400  men  in  the  action.  The  colors- 
received  three  shots. 


ON    THE    ROAD    TO    VICKSBURG.  59" 

On  the  4th  of  May,  Lieutenant  Troxell,  of  Company  C,  was 
detailed  to  act  as  adjutant,  in  place  of  Watts,  and  Lieutenant 
Brownlie,  of  Company  D,  as  quartermaster,  in  place  of  Downey. 

On  the  3d  of  May  the  Forty-third  and  Forty-sixth  went  on  a- 
scout.  They  found  large  quantities  of  provisions.  At  one  place 
they  discovered  180,000  pounds  of  hams  and  side  meat.  It  had 
been  hauled  out  by  the  rebels  on  the  day  of  the  battle.  Large 
quantities  of  stores  had  been  burned.  The  division  encamped,  on 
the  night  of  the  3d,  seventeen  miles  from  Vicksburg  and  twenty- 
five  from  Grand  Gulf.  A  halt  of  several  days  was  made  for  stores. 
Generals  Grant,  Sherman,  Logan  and  McClernand  reviewed  the 
division  on  the  7th.  On  the  8th  was  the  "Big  Wash,"  when  the 
army,  after  a  busy  month  in  the  mud  and  water,  met  the  first 
opportunity  to  clean  up. 

The  division  left  the  camp  near  Edward's  Depot  on  May  11. 
Marched  eight  miles  and  remained  until  the  12th  at  3  A.  M.,  when 
it  took  up  the  march  for  Vicksburg.  The  first  day  the  road  was 
hot  and  dusty.  Artillery  and  infantry,  with  thousands  of  negro 
men,  women  and  children,  were  hurrying  forward.  Met  the 
enemy  at  9  o'clock.  The  Twelfth  Division  was  in  advance.  The 
Twenty-fourth  and  the  Forty-sixth  were  in  front.  Companies  A, 
B  and  C  were  out  as  skirmishers.  The  two  regiments  pushed 
ahead  and  found  the  rebels  in  a  wood,  with  a  broad,  clear  field 
between  the  forces.  On  the  advance  of  the  regiments  the  rebels 
fell  back  to  their  supports. 

The  line  of  march  was  taken  up  on  the  12th.  Before  starting 
each  man  took  eighty  rounds  of  cartridges  and  some  crackers. 
The  sick  were  put  in  ambulances,  and,  with  the  wagons,  sent 
around  by  another  road.  At  10  o'clock  every  possible  demonstra 
tion  for  an  intended  battle  had  been  made  by  General  Grant,  but, 
while  they  were  going  on,  a  road  was  being  cut  through  the  woods, 
which  let  the  Thirteenth  Corps  out  on  another,  around  the  rebel 
left.  Four  miles  were  made  by  4  o'clock,  when  the  division  went 
into  camp.  The  lot  of  the  Forty-sixth  fell  on  a  newly  plowed 
field,  which,  under  the  heavy  rain,  soon  became  a  pond. 

At  4  o'clock,  on  the  14th,  orders  came  for  a  march  at  4.30. 
At  8  o'clock  the  rain  recommenced.  Reached  Raymond  at  11. 
The  town  was  full  of  rebel  prisoners  and  large  details  were  bury 
ing  the  dead  of  Logan's  battle  on  the  12th.  Camped  on  the  night 
of  the  14th,  three  and  one-half  miles  from  the  Vicksburg  railroad., 
and  fifteen  miles  from  Jackson. 


THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

Started  at  5  o'clock  on  the  morning  of  the  15th.  Fine 
weather.  Good  traveling.  Reached  Clinton,  on  the  railroad,  at 
-8  o'clock.  Again  met  the  rebels,  formed  line  of  battle,  when  they 
again  left.  The  pickets  were  busy  all  night.  Many  prisoners 
were  brought  in. 

Was  on  the  road  again  at  5  o'clock  on  the  morning  of  the 
16th.  Picked  up  rebel  stragglers  at  every  step.  Companies  H 
and  I  were  put  out  on  the  flanks  of  the  column,  and  captured  a 
large  number  of  rebel  prisoners  who  had  fallen  behind  on  the 
retreat  of  their  army  from  Jackson. 

Three  miles  from  Bolton,  the  column  again  struck  the  rebel 
lines.  The  Twelfth  Division  was  in  advance,  and  the  First 
Brigade  was  in  the  lead.  The  Twenty-fourth  (Colonel  Spicely) 
was  in  front,  then  the  Sixteenth  Ohio  Battery,  with  the  Forty- 
sixth  following.  Approaching  a  fine  plantation  (Champion's), 
where  the  road  ran  into  a  hilly  woods,  a  number  of  field  officers 
were  riding  in  front  of  the  Twenty-fourth,  when  Sergeant  David 
Wilky,  of  the  First  Indiana  Cavalry,  coming  from  the  front, 
reported  lines  of  infantry  and  artillery  within  600  yards.  The 
Forty-sixth  was  ordered  up  in  front  of  the  battery,  and  a  line  of 
battle  was  immediately  formed.  The  Twenty-fourth  formed  on 
the  right  of  the  road  and  the  Forty-sixth  on  the  left.  The  Second 
Ohio  Battery  rested  on  the  right  of  the  Twenty-fourth,  and  the 
Sixteenth  Ohio  Battery  on  the  left  of  the  Forty-sixth,  and  between 
that  regiment  and  the  Eleventh  Indiana.  But  General  Grant  was 
not  yet  ready  for  the  battle.  The  several  columns  of  the  army 
were  on  different  roads  and  rapidly  concentrating.  But  two 
brigades  of  one  corps,  the  Thirteenth,  Were  yet  on  the  ground. 

At  11.45  General  Grant,  supposing  the  other  columns  on  the 
other  roads  were  in  supporting  distance,  gave  General  Hovey  the 
order  to  advance.  The  Forty-sixth  quickly  went  forward,  and 
formed  line  of  battle  on  the  left  of  the  Twenty-ninth  Wisconsin. 
•On  its  left  were  the  Eleventh  and  Thirty-fourth  Indiana.  The 
Twenty-fourth  was  on  the  extreme  right.  The  batteries  followed 
close.  A  halt  was  made  until  12.15,  when  the  actual  advance 
began.  The  order  was  first  received  on  the  right  of  the  line,  and 
it,  in  moving  forward,  obliqued  to  the  left,  compelling  the  Forty- 
sixth  to  move  also  to  the  left,  crowding  the  Eleventh.  That  regi 
ment  not  being  able  to  give  room,  the  Forty-sixth  was  finally 
compelled  to  occupy  ground  in  the  rear  of  the  Twenty-ninth 
Wisconsin.  In  that  situation  the  brigade  advanced,  and  sharp 


CHAMPION'S  HILL.  61 

firing  commenced  by  the  whole  line.  The  brigade  advanced  in 
fine  order  and  drove  the  rebels  back  over  their  batteries  in  con 
fusion.  The  rebels  crossed  a  small  ravine,  and  again  formed. 
Here  was  a  desperate  fight.  The  whole  brigade  advanced  and  a 
close  conflict  ensued.  On  the  left,  the  Second  Brigade,  under 
Colonel  Slack,  had  similar  work  on  hand.  Before  this  general 
encounter,  the  Eleventh  sent  for  help,  and  General  McGinnis 
directed  the  Forty-sixth  to  relieve  it.  The  Eleventh  was  found 
nearly  flanked  on  both  sides  and  heavily  pressed.  The  Forty-sixth 
came  on  the  ground  in  good  time,  and,  joining  the  Eleventh, 
forced  the  rebels  back. 

The  struggle  on  the  first  hill  was  kept  up  over  an  hour  with 
varying  results.  Several  guns  were  captured,  three  of  them  by  the 
Forty-sixth,  which  were  again  captured  by  the  rebels.  It  was 
uncertain,  at  the  end  of  the  hour,  where  the  victory  would  finally 
be.  The  fight  began  too  early.  Many  divisions  were  yet  upon 
the  road,  and  calls  for  help  were  unheeded.  The  larger  portion  of 
the  Thirteenth  (McClernand's)  Corps  heard  the  thunder  of  the 
battle  and  loitered.  During  the  heaviest  fighting  by  Hovey's 
division,  that  general  received  an  order  from  McClernand  to  join 
him  some  three  miles  back.  In  his  "Memoirs,"  General  Grant 
says:  "The  battle  of  Champion's  Hill  lasted  about  four  hours, 
hard  fighting,  preceded  by  two  or  three  hours  of  skirmishing, 
some  of  which  almost  rose  to  the  dignity  of  battle.  Every  man  of 
Hovey's  division,  and  of  McPherson's  two  divisions,  was  engaged 
during  the  battle.  No  other  part  of  my  command  was  engaged  .at 
all,  except  as  described  before."  General  Grant  attributes  the 
failure  to  prevent  Pemberton  from  getting  back  to  Vicksburg  to 
McClernand's  delay. 

The  most  desperate  and  protracted  of  the  Forty-sixth's  fight 
ing  was  near  and  around  a  log  cabin,  and  near  where  the  guns 
were  captured.  Here  the  tide  of  battle  ebbed  and  flowed.  The 
ground  was  lost  and  won.  The  First  Brigade  would  press  for 
ward,  victors,  only  to  be  driven  back,  to  again  advance  in  pursuit. 
Here  many  of  the  regiment  fell.  Near  the  cabin,  Welch  and 
Laquear,  of  Company  D;  Mellinger,  of  Company  I;  Lieutenant 
Ferris,  of  Company  F,  and  William  Pfoutz,  of  Company  B,  fell. 
The  balls  showered  about  that  cabin,  and  the  wonder  was  that  so 
many  escaped. 

The  success  of  Logan's  division  on  the  right  settled  the  ques 
tion  for  that  day.  When  Hovey's  division  saw  the  masses  of 


'62  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

rebel  prisoners  crowding  to  the  rear,  it  knew  why  the  enemy  on 
its  front  was  giving  way.     The  victory  was  won. 

The  Sixteenth  Ohio  Battery,  containing  a  large  detail  from 
the  Forty-sixth,  did  good  service.  It  occupied  a  position  of  great 
Tesponsibility  and  danger.  Its  gallant  commander,  Captain 
Mitchell,  was  killed. 

In  his  report  of  the  battle  of  Champion's  Hill,  General  Hovey 
thus  speaks  of  the  First  Brigade,  near  the  cabin:  "The  contest 
here  was  continued  for  over  an  hour  by  my  forces.  For  over  600 
yards  up  the  hill  my  division  gallantly  drove  the  enemy  before 
them,  capturing  eleven  guns  and  over  300  prisoners  under  fire. 
The  Eleventh  Indiana  (Colonel  McCauley)  and  Twenty-ninth 
Wisconsin  (Colonel  Gill)  captured  the  four  guns  on  the  brow  of 
the  hill,  at  the  point  of  the  bayonet.  The  Forty-sixth  Indiana 
{Colonel  Bringhurst)  gallantly  drove  the  enemy  from  three  guns  on 
the  right  of  the  road,  and  Colonel  Bynam,  with  the  Twenty-fourth 
Iowa,  charged  a  battery  of  five  guns  on  the  left  of  the  road,  kill- 
Ing  gunners  and  horses  and  capturing  several  prisoners."  *  * 

The  brigade  was  ordered  at  the  close  of  the  battle  to  get  a 
supply  of  cartridges  and  finish  the  fight,  or  take  part  in  the 
pursuit. 

Divisions  coming  up  which  had  not  been  in  the  engagement 
were  sent  forward,  and  the  Twelth  Division  prepared  for  supper 
.and  rest. 

The  spot  where  the  division  was  to  camp  was  situated  in  a 
light  wood,  near  the  road,  but  it  was  preoccupied.  It  was  covered 
with  dead  and  wounded  men.  Rebel  and  Union  soldiers  lay 
almost  as  thickly  as  stood  the  living.  The  division  divided  the 
ground  with  the  dead  and  wounded.  All  night  the  ambulance 
corps,  with  their  torches  of  splinters,  came  among  the  sleeping 
soldiers,  hunting  and  carrying  out  those  to  whom  surgical  atten 
tion  would  be  a  benefit. 

On  the  morning  of  the  17th,  the  brigade  was  ordered  to 
remain  to  bury  the  dead  and  care  for  the  wounded  and  prisoners. 
Details  were  made  for  the  work.  Negroes  were  employed  in 
digging  trenches  for  graves.  Wagons  scoured  the  field  for  arms 
and  ammunition,  and  a  large  detail  with  negroes,  under  the  medical 
officers,  cut  trees  and  built  bowers  for  the  wounded.  In  the  Forty- 
sixth,  each  company  sent  out  men  to  gather  and  bury  their  own 
dead.  They  were  brought  to  one  place  and  buried  in  one  grave. 
Three  who  died  in  the  hospital  were  buried  there,  and  one  who 


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was  not  found  was  afterward  buried  by  the  general  detail.  One 
other,  at  the  request  of  his  friends,  was  buried  alone.  This  was 
done  on  Sunday.  On  Monday  the  rebels  were  buried.  They  were 
put  in  trenches,  in  lots  of  twenties,  thirties  and  upward,  as  was 
most  convenient. 

The  loss  of  the  Forty-sixth,  in  the  battle  of  Champion's  Hill, 
was  as  follows: 

Company  A. —  Killed:  Henry  L.  Smith,  Silas  Davis,  S.  H. 
Nelson,  John  Beaver.  Wounded:  Lieutenant  W.  A.  Andrews, 
A.  A.  Julian,  E.  J.  Lister,  John  Newell,  C.  M.  Parker,  W.  C. 
Heartzog,  W.  A.  Kinsey,  Levi  Canter,  W.  H.  Duncan,  Ralph 
McMahan,  Thomas  W.  Sleeth,  Hugh  F.  Crockett,  S.  I.  Anderson, 
J.  F.  Sheridan,  Lewis  Billard.  Missing:  Samuel  Patterson, 
A.  Smock. 

Company  B. —  Killed:  William  Pfoutz.  Wounded:  Peter 
Maise,  James  C.  Dill,  H.  B.  Ingham,  W.  H.  Bell,  Lieutenant  J.  T. 
Castle,  Levi  Lynch. 

Company  C. —  Killed:  John  N.  Newhouse:  Wounded:  Joseph 
Henderson,  Allen  Hughes,  James  N.  Thompson,  John  Shephard. 
Missing:  Daniel  Harner. 

Company  D. —  Killed:  -Nicholas  Welch,  William  Laquear. 
Wounded:  W.  H.  Conner,  Porter  White,  Alexander  Reece. 

Company  E. —  Killed:  G.  W.  Smith.  Wounded:  Benjamin 
Ross,  Samuel  D.  Shields. 

Company  F.— Killed:  Lieutenant  Joel  Ferris,  Michael  Taffe, 
Thomas  Nace.  Wounded:  William  Butler,  Daniel  Leslie,  James 
Moran,  W.  S.  Nace,  Alexander  Hogland,  Michael  Rader,  Beecher 
Sharp,  James  Crippen,  Jefferson  Dickey,  Jacob  Hiney. 

Company  G. —  Killed:  Abel  Benjamin,  Silas  Dunham. 
Wounded:  W.  H.  Bunnell,  Flora  Shein,  Joseph  H.  Carr,  William 
Dillon,  T.  G.  Glasford,  Jacob  Guest. 

Company  H.— Killed:  C.  P.  Burrow,  M.  H.  Ager.  Wounded: 
J.  J.  Mowry,  L.  A.  Price. 

Company  L— Killed:  William  M.  Oliver,  T.  J.  Kistler, 
Thomas  Humbert,  Charles  D.  Mellinger.  Wounded:  Lieutenant 
Jacob  McCormick,  D.  T.  Krisher,  Charles  Shaffer,  J.  W.  Walters, 
Samuel  Johnson,  Henry  Whitmore,  T.  J.  Button,  George  Porter, 
J.  White,  Solomon  Kline,  Jonas  Stiver. 

Company  K.— Wounded:  John  Hoover,  Thomas  W.  Scott, 
William  Cook. 

Killed,  twenty;  wounded,  sixty-one;  missing,  three. 


64  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

Of  the  above  wounded,  Butler,  Stiver,  Newell,  Glasford,  But 
ton,  Shein  and  Lieutenant  Andrews  died  in  a  few  days.  The 
Forty-sixth  took  350  men  into  the  action. 

The  effective  strength  of  the  division,  at  the  commencement 
of  the  fight,  was  4,180.  Of  this  number,  211  were  killed,  872 
wounded  and  119  missing,  a  total  of  1,202  —  28.7  per  cent. 
The  total  Federal  loss  was  2,408. 

On  the  19th  the  First  Brigade  started  for  Vicksburg.  The 
Second  had  gone  forward  on  the  day  after  the  battle,  but  the  First 
overtook  it  at  Black  river  bridge,  where  it  remained,  while  the 
First  kept  on  toward  the  city,  which  was  reached  at  noon'  on  the 
21st.  Five  thousand  prisoners  accompanied  the  brigade  to  Black 
river  bridge,  where  they  turned  off  for  a  point  on  the  Mississippi, 
above  Vicksburg.  Arriving  at  the  fortifications,  the  men  indulged 
in  a  rest.  At  dark  an  order  came  directing  an  assault  the  next 
morning.  The  attack  was  to  be  general  along  the  whole  line. 
In  the  morning  the  camps  were  astir  with  preparation.  Before 
the  appointed  hour  the  army  was  in  its  several  positions.  Ours 
fell  before  three  forts,  on  a  ridge,  backed  by  a  hill.  The  brigade 
was  posted  behind  Osterhaus'  division,  and  as  a  support  to  it. 
On  the  signal,  the  whole  line,  enveloped  in  fire  and  smoke,  rushed 
forward.  One  of  Osterhaus'  brigades  started  toward  the  ridge, 
and  our  First  Brigade  closed  up  to  follow,  but  before  Osterhaus 
made  half  the  distance  the  pits,  hills,  ravines  and  breastworks 
before  us  were  filled  with  men  who  opened  such  a  fire  on  the 
advancing  columns  that  they  were  broken  and  scattered.  At  the 
same  time  two  brass  twelve-pound  guns  opened  with  grape  and 
completed  Osterhaus'  defeat.  The  first  regiment  of  Osterhaus', 
the  Seventh  Kentucky,  was  literally  swept  away.  The  Twenty- 
fourth  and  Forty-sixth  then  took  the  position  in  front.  A  heavy 
fire  was  kept  up  all  the  afternoon,  but  no  more  assaults  were  made. 

It  was  upon  this  event  that  General  McClernand  reported  a 
successful  entre  within  the  rebel  works,  and  upon  which  he  based 
his  famous  congratulatory  order  to  his  corps;  but  there  was  no 
success. 

On  June  2,  Colonel  Kilby  Smith,  of  Ohio;  Colonel  McMahon, 
of  Wisconsin,  and  Colonel  Bringhurst,  were  detailed  by  General 
Grant  to  go  to  Milliken's  Bend  and  investigate  complaints  made 
against  the  commandant  of  a  negro  recruiting  camp  at  that  point. 
While  there  they  witnessed  a  desperate  battle  between  a  rebel 
force  of  2,000  and  1,500  negro  recruits.  The  battle  lasted  an  hour 


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only.  The  rebels  had  250  killed  and  wounded,  the  negroes  100 
killed  and  200  wounded.  The  Twenty-third  Iowa,  sent  up  from 
Young's  Point  the  night  before,  rendered  no  assistance  in  the 
fight. 

There  was  not  much  change  in  the  routine  of  duty  during  the 
siege.  The  Forty-sixth  was  early  assigned  a  position  opposite  the 
fort,  where  the  fatal  charge  was  made  on  the  22d.  Two  com 
panies  were  furnished  daily  for  duty  on  the  works,  where  each 
man  disposed  of  forty  rounds.  The  lines  were  about  600  yards 
apart.  The  works  were  an  embankment  with  sandbags  on  top, 
with  intervals  between  for  portholes,  and  a  heavy  log  on  the  top. 
The  men  on  duty  spent  the  time  behind  the  breastworks,  occasion 
ally  venturing  a  look  to  catch  some  careless  rebel,  or  to  be  caught 
themselves. 

Directly  in  the  rear  of  the  regiment  was  a  battery  of  four 
guns.  Two  of  them  were  the  ones  that  the  regiment  brought  from 
New  Madrid  to  Riddle's  Point.  The  other  two  were  those  the 
regiment  captured  at  Fulton,  below  Fort  Pillow.  These,  with 
some  smaller  guns,  were  fired  directly  over  the  heads  of  the  men. 
The  firing  was  incessant.  At  all  hours  of  the  day  and  night  some 
of  the  batteries  were  at  work,  and  the  noise  became  so  familiar 
that  it  was  scarcely  noticed.  On  the  2d  of  June,  under  orders,  a 
general  cannonading  from  the  batteries  upon  the  rebels  com 
menced  at  4  o'clock  in  the  morning.  Two  hundred  guns  were  let 
loose  on  them.  In  addition,  the  gunboats  and  mortars  mixed  in. 
For  six  hours  the  storm  continued.  The  rifle  pits  were  filled  with 
men,  but  with  no  expectation  of  making  an  assault.  The  rebels 
naturally  expected  an  attack,  and  many  of  them,  curious  to  see 
what  was  coming,  lost  their  lives. 

Frisby  Richardson,  of  Company  K;  Isaac  Rinier  and  Patrick 
Calahan,  of  Company  F,  and  Soloman  M.  Camblin,  of  Company 
G,  were  wounded  on  the  works,  and  Andrew  J.  Bachelor,  of  Com 
pany  B,  was  killed  by  the  falling  of  a  magazine. 

On  the  25th  orders  were  received  to  prepare  for  the  blowing 
up  of  a  fort  on  the  right  of  the  brigade,  opposite  Logan's  division. 
Everybody  was  in  the  works  in  time.  At  4  o'clock  a  large  fort 
went  up  in  a  cloud  of  smoke  and  dust.  At  the  same  moment,  the 
artillery  on  the  whole  line  opened  on  the  opposite  works,  and,, 
where  opportunity  offered,  the  infantry  picked  off  careless  rebels. 
A  desperate  fight  took  place  where  the  fort  was  blown,  which 
lasted  until  night.  On  the  28th  the  rebels  attempted  to  mine- 


66  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

under  trenches  near  the  regiment's  line,  but  the  calculation  was 
erroneous  and  no  damage  was  done. 

About  the  20th  of  June  an  approach  to  the  rebel  lines  was 
begun  from  Hovey's  division.  A  large  amount  of  labor  was  spent 
upon  it,  and  its  success  was  only  prevented  by  the  surrender. 
During  the  progress  of  that  work  the  rebels  and  Federals  fre 
quently  met  on  the  picket  line  and  had  a  quiet  talk. 

On  July  3,  about  10  o'clock,  white  flags  appeared  on  the  rebel 
works  to  the  left  of  our  brigade  line.  Immediately  all  the  works 
on  both  sides  were  covered  with  men,  and  great  anxiety  was  mani 
fested  to  discover  what  was  going  on.  Shortly  the  flags  were 
taken  down  and  a  squad  of  rebel  ofticers  went  over  to  the  rebel 
lines.  Rumors  came  thick  and  fast,  but  nothing  was  known  until 
night,  when  an  order  came  saying  that  a  grand  national  salute 
would  be  fired  at  daylight  on  the  morrow;  that  if  the  rebels  had 
surrendered,  it  would  be  blank  cartridges;  if  they  had  not,  it 
would  be  ball  and  shell.  The  salute  in  the  morning  told  that  the 
truce  was  not  broken.  At  10  o'clock  a  large  white  flag  on  the 
Court-house  told  the  story  of  the  great  victory,  and  a  shout  from 
40,000  throats  welcomed  it. 

In  a  short  time  the  rebel  regiments  came  out  in  front  of  their 
works,  stacked  their  arms  and  hung  up  their  accoutrements. 
They  then  marched  back.  Then  regimental  flags  went  up  on  their 
parapets.  Those  of  the  Eleventh  and  Forty-sixth  graced  the 
"big  fort."  During  the  morning  of  the  4th,  the  regiment  drew 
ten  days'  rations  and  150  rounds  of  ammunition  and  received  orders 
to  march  at  noon.  The  liberated  rebels  flocked  around  the 
soldiers'  quarters  and  were  treated  with  great  liberality.  Not  less 
than  a  hundred  were  fed  by  the  Forty-sixth.  After  dinner  the 
boys  strolled  into  town.  They  looked  over  the  city,  inspected  the 
rebel  officers  and  soldiers  and  returned  to  camp. 

At  Champion's  Hill  the  regiment  found  a  large  number  of 
Springfield  rifles,  thrown  down  by  the  rebels.  Six  companies  laid 
down  their  Austrians  in  their  place.  Now  the  last  Austrian  was 
disposed  of  and  a  full  complement  of  good  guns  secured.  This 
irregular  exchange  of  arms  was  the  occasion  of  an  immense 
amount  of  trouble  in  the  ordinance  department.  For  twenty 
years  after  the  colonel  received  annual  demands  for  an  accounting 
of  the  Austrian  guns. 

Started  on  July  5  for  Joe  Johnston,  at  Jackson.  Thermometer 
100.  Very  dusty.  Three  army  corps  formed  the  expedition. 


MAECH    TO    JACKSON.  67 

They  were  to  march  on  three  roads  and  meet  at  Bolton,  then  again 
separate  and  meet  again  at  Clinton.  Encamped  that  night  near 
Black  river,  ten  miles.  This  march  has  been  pronounced  the 
most  fatiguing  and  distressing  ever  made  by  the  Forty-sixth.  The 
regiment  remained  at  that  point  until  the  evening  of  the  next  day. 
The  line  of  march  was  taken  up  at  5  o'clock,  and  the  bridge  was 
reached.  It  was  so  crowded  that  the  regiment  was  unable  to 
cross,  and  went  into  camp.  At  5  o'clock  on  the  morning  of  the 
7th  the  Forty-sixth  was  on  the  road,  and  reached  Bolton,  eighteen 
miles,  at  6  o'clock.  Regiments  and  batteries  crowded  in,  and  by 
dark  the  confusion  was  desperate.  Soon  the  rain  began.  Our 
division  settled  down  along  the  road.  Occasional  flashes  of  light 
ning  disclosed  a  confused  mass  of  artillery,  horses,  wagons,  men, 
etc.  The  rain  put  out  the  fires,  and  there  was  no  supper.  It 
became  totally  dark,  and  for  six  hours  that  experience  of  the  regi 
ment  was  its  worst.  During  the  night  stragglers  came  in,  waking 
-dozing  men  with  inquiries  about  their  regiment.  Horses  and 
mules,  imperfectly  tied,  stalked  among  the  men,  or  got  up  rows 
with  the  horses  of  the  artillery  or  the  wagons. 

The  next  morning  the  sun  came  out  hot,  and  the  moisture 
was  evaporated  from  the  ground  in  clouds.  The  regiment  moved 
•out  of  the  water  a  short  distance,  and  remained  until  evening. 

At  4  o'clock  the  regiments  moved  out  to  their  positions,  and 
made  a  grand  appearance.  The  bands  were  playing  and  the  men 
sang  patriotic  songs.  All  were  in  high  glee  and  confident  that 
Johnston  would  soon  be  driven  off.  Made  three  miles  by  11  o'clock, 
and  laid  down.  Started  again  at  8  o'clock,  on  the  9th,  and  made 
Bolton,  ten  miles,  by  11  o'clock.  Skirmishers  were  used  nearly 
all  the  way  between  Bolton  and  Clinton.  At  Clinton  the  regiment 
rested  an  hour,  overtook  a  number  of  willing  prisoners,  and 
encamped  a  mile  beyond  Clinton. 

On  the  10th  the  three  corps  were  again  together,  and  it  was 
late  before  the  regiment  obtained  its  road.  At  noon  the  division 
was  within  two  miles  of  Jackson,  and  went  into  camp.  Very 
lieavy  skirmishing  was  going  on. 

At  noon  on  the  llth  the  regiment  was  assigned  its  position  in 
the  line.  Skirmished  all  the  afternoon  and  until  dark,  when,  after 
-crossing  the  New  Orleans  railroad,  the  men  laid  down  in  line  of 
battle. 

On  the  12th  of  July  the  Federal  lines  closed  up  on  the  town. 
Our  line  was  by  the  two  brigades,  in  their  order,  with  the  right  on 


68  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

the  railroad,  and  the  left  resting  on  Benton's  division.  Lawman's 
division  was  on  the  right  of  the  road,  and  was  rapidly  moving  up. 
Two  companies  of  each  regiment  were  in  advance  as  skirmishers. 
The  Forty-sixth  was  on  the  right  of  the  division.  The  Twenty- 
fourth  and  Thirty-fourth  were  in  reserve.  Lawman  was  far  in 
advance  of  the  line.  He  charged  on  a  rebel  earthwork  without 
being  able  to  bring  his  artillery  into  action  or  protect  his  men.  In 
consequence  the  rebel  fire  was  concentrated  on  that  division,  to  the 
advantage  of  that  on  the  left.  Our  First  Brigade  made  the 
advance  and  got  into  position  without  difficulty,  but  after  a  sharp 
fight. 

The  regiment  had  none  killed  in  the  engagement.  The 
wounded  were  Jeremiah  Johnson,  of  Company  G,  who  died  on  the 
19th;  Alfred  H.  Hardy,  who  died  on  the  18th;  George  G.  Hamil 
ton,  of  Company  C;  John  B.  Waldron,  of  Company  G;  Milton 
Hancock,  Amos  Orput  and  Cyrus  Peabody,  of  Company  I,  and 
Lieutenant  Mitchell,  of  Company  H. 

The  regiment  remained  in  line  of  battle  from  the  12th  to  the 
21st  of  July.  On  the  14th  a  flag  of  truce  went  out  from  our  side 
to  procure  the  burial  of  the  dead.  The  dead  of  Lawman's  division 
had  lain  out  since  the  12th,  and  their  burial  became  a  necessity. 
For  the  first  day  and  night  the  complaints  of  the  wounded  were 
constantly  heard,  but  it  being  impossible  to  relieve  them,  they  had 
perished.  Two  men  had  crawled  out  to  the  picket  line,  and  were 
met  and  helped  by  members  of  the  Forty-sixth. 

The  burial  party  was  furnished  by  the  rebels,  and  they  did 
their  work  very  superficially  and  in  a  great  hurry.  A  large  portion 
of  the  dead  had  been  wounded  and  died  from  want  of  attention. 
Some  had  crawled  under  trees  and  bushes.  Groups  of  two  and 
three  were  found  huddled  behind  logs  in  their  effort  to  shelter 
themselves  from  the  shells  and  balls  that  showered  over  them. 

Three  hundred  bodies  were  buried  at  this  one  point.  Law 
man's  loss  was  475. 

General  Lawman  was  relieved,  and  ordered  to  report  to  Gen 
eral  Grant  at  Vicksburg. 

A  roster  of  the  rebel  army,  found  at  Vicksburg,  showed  that 
there  were,  at  Jackson,  troops  from  Texas,  Louisiana,  Georgia, 
North  and  South  Carolina,  Mississippi,  Alabama,  Florida,  Arkan 
sas,  Tennessee  and  Kentucky — seventy-eight  infantry  regiments, 
nine  of  cavalry,  and  sixteen  batteries. 

The  rebels  had  a  fine  band  on  their  line  opposite  the  Forty- 


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•sixth.  Each  night  it  would  play  until  "  tattoo."  They  would  play 
"Bonnie  Blue  Flag,"  "Dixie,"  etc.,  calling  out  cheers  from  both 
•sides. 

An  exciting  scene  occurred  at  the  Insane  asylum  when  the 
assault  was  made  at  that  point.  The  inmates  were  terribly  excited, 
and  were  seen  at  the  windows  shouting  to  the  soldiers.  None  were 
hurt,  though  several  balls  went  through  the  building. 

Just  before  daylight  on  the  21st,  a  man  was  brought  to  the 
headquarters  of  the  Forty-sixth,  who  said  he  was  just  from  town, 
and  that  the  rebels  were  evacuating.  The  man  was  sent  to  the 
-quarters  of  General  Blair,  and  in  a  few  minutes  a  division  was  on 
the  march  for  the  city. 

The  rebels  had,  before  leaving,  set  fire  to  many  warehouses. 
The  conflagration  spread,  and  in  a  short  time  the  principal  part  of 
the  town  was  in  flames.  Across  Pearl  river  the  rebels  had  buried 
torpedoes.  Only  four  of  them  exploded.  A  horse,  drawing  a  cart 
containing  a  man,  two  women  and  two  children,  struck  a  torpedo 
with  his  foot  and  exploded  it.  The  horse,  cart  and  people  were 
distributed  over  the  road.  Rebels,  with  shovels  and  picks,  were 
put  to  work  digging  out  the  dangerous  missiles. 

On  the  21st  the  army  was  employed  on  the  railroads.  The 
rails  were  torn  up  and  twisted  around  trees  and  telegraph  poles, 
and  the  ties  were  piled  and  burned. 

On  the  same  day  the  division  started  back  toward  Vicksburg. 
The  regiment  reached  Raymond  at  5  o'clock.  The  men  were  very 
much  fatigued.  Many  did  not  reach  camp  until  late  at  night.  On 
the  22d  the^  march  was  to  Black  river,  with  half  the  regiment 
behind.  On  the  next  day,  the  regiment  started  for  Vicksburg,  ten 
-miles  distant,  and  reached  there  about  noon. 

This  hard  march  was  without  necessity.  The  columns  were 
pushed  through  at  a  rate  far  beyond  the  ability  of  the  men,  and 
against  positive  orders.  Five  miles  west  of  Bolton  the  regiment 
was  deluged  with  rain,  and  witnessed  the  killing  of  two  Wisconsin 
men  by  lightning. 

On  reaching  the  river,  the  regiment  went  into  camp  just  below 
the  city.  A  number  of  commissions  were  found  awaiting  several 
officers  and  men  of  the  Forty-sixth,  but  as  the  regiment  had  been 
•reduced  below  the  minimum,  many  of  those  promoted  could  not  be 
mustered.  This  situation  was  unfortunate.  Many  of  the  men 
promoted  had  rendered  excellent  service,  and  deserved  their 
•commissions,  but  the  order  was  inexorable  and  could  not  be  evaded. 


70  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

Furloughs  were  given  the  men  at  the  rate  of  one  in  twenty. 
Many  officers  resigned. 

The  sick  list  was  small.  The  men  had  become  inured  to 
exposure  and  hardship,  and  were  able  for  anything.  Many  of  the 
wounded  rejoined,  among  them  Adjutant  Watts,  whose  recovery 
seemed  a  miracle. 

The  Union  loss  in  killed  and  wounded  in  the  Vicksburg  cam 
paign,  exclusive  of  the  last  Jackson  expedition,  was  8,807.  The 
rebel  loss  in  the  same  time  was  56,000  men  killed,  wounded  and 
prisoners,  260  cannon,  60,000  small  arms  and  immense  stores. 

Under  orders,  the  regiment  shipped  on  board  the  "Baltic,"  on 
the  4th  of  August,  with  the  Twenty-ninth  Wisconsin,  for  Natchez.. 


CHAPTER  V. 

VACANCIES  AND  PROMOTIONS. — NATCHEZ. — ALGIERS. —  BERWICK  BAY. — 
BRASHEAR. — GRAND  CHOTEAU. — GENERAL  BURBRIDGE. — VERMILLION- 
VILLE.  —  LAKE  MAURIPAS. — MADISONVILLE. — ANOTHER  EXPEDITION. 
AUGUST,  1863  -  JANUARY,  1864. 

AUGUST  22,  1863,  First  Lieutenant  John  T.  Castle,  of  Com 
pany  B,  resigned;  Corporal  Theodore  P.  Forgey  was  com 
missioned  in  his  place. 

The  "Baltic"  was  one  of  the  Marine  Brigade  boats,  a  trans 
port  fitted  up  for  general  purposes.  It  was  amphibious,  intended 
for  operations  on  both  land  and  water.  It  had  artillery  on  wheels 
and  with  horses.  It  was  heavily  barricaded  against  rifle  balls. 
This  boat  was  not  able  to  hold  two  regiments,  but  the  orders  were 
to  put  them  on,  and  it  had  to  be  done.  The  Forty-sixth  was  on 
by  10  o'clock.  The  Twenty-ninth  was  hardly  on  by  daylight. 
All  of  the  Forty-sixth's  property  was  on  except  the  wagons. 
With  six  other  boats,  the  "Baltic"  started  at  6  o'clock.  At 
4  o'clock  P.  M.  the  fleet  was  at  Natchez,  and  at  7  o'clock  the  regi 
ment  was  on  its  camp  ground,  waiting  for  the  wagons.  Two  were 
finally  borrowed  and  a  portion  of  the  property  brought  up.  In  the 
morning  the  remainder  came.  By  the  7th  of  August,  the  regiment 
was  comfortably  fixed  in  good  quarters. 

Up  to  the  15th,  the  regiment  remained  enjoying  a  well  earned 
rest,  when  orders  came  for  a  removal.  At  5  p.  M.  of  that  date, 
three  wagons  were  borrowed,  and  the  regiment,  with  the  Eleventh 
Indiana,  loaded  on  the  "Des  Arc."  By  8  o'clock  everything  was 
on  board  except  the  men  of  the  Forty-sixth.  The  boat  being 
crowded,  it  was  thought  pleasanter  on  the  ground.  A  three  hours* 
rain  in  the  night  discounted  the  conclusion  considerably.  Just  at 
daylight  the  regiment  marched  through  town  and  onto  the  boat. 
The  "Des  Arc"  was  found  to  be  the  successor  of  the  "Golden 
State,"  the  boat  on  which  some  of  our  companies  came  down  the 


72  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

Ohio  in  1862.     Some  of  the  same  officers  were  on  the  new  boat, 
and  they  were  much  pleased  to  meet  the  Forty-sixth. 

The  boat  stopped  a  short  time  at  Port  Hudson,  and  rounded 
to  five  miles  above  New  Orleans  at  8  o'clock,  on  the  17th  of  August. 

Up  to  the  12th  of  September,  the  regiment  enjoyed  a  good 
rest.  Occasional  rumors  of  sundry  expeditions  excited  their  appre 
hensions,  but  nothing  serious  until,  on  the  12th,  an  order  for  a 
march  came.  The  regiment  was  at  its  very  best.  The  men  had 
good  clothes,  and  an  abundance  of  camp  equipage,  and  were  in 
good  health.  The  order  to  move  was  not  really  unwelcome,  for 
the  boys  were  anxious  to  see  what  else  the  Confederacy  had. 

On  the  22d  and  29th  of  August,  and  on  the  4th  of  September, 
grand  reviews  were  held  by  Generals  Grant  and  Banks.  There 
was  a  splendid  display,  and  the  regiment  received  as  much  atten 
tion  as  any.  In  the  line  were  forty  regiments  of  infantry,  a  thou 
sand  cavalrymen  and  eighty  pieces  of  artillery.  On  the  4th  of 
September,  General  Grant,  while  riding  at  high  speed,  ran  into  a 
carriage,  was  thrown  from  his  horse  and  severely  injured. 

The  regiment  left  Carrollton  with  the  Twenty-fourth  and  the 
right  wing  of  the  Eleventh,  on  the  "Meteor."  In  an  hour  they 
were  landed  at  Algiers,  opposite  New  Orleans,  and  at  the  eastern 
terminus  of  the  New  Orleans  and  Opelousas  railroad.  The  regi 
ment  laid  down  along  the  track,  and  at  midnight,  with  the  Twenty- 
fourth,  boarded  a  train  of  fifteen  flat  cars  for  Brashear  City.  The 
cars  were  already  loaded  with  pork  and  crackers,  and  the  men  had 
to  accommodate  themselves  on  the  barrels  and  boxes.  The  train 
started  with  the  loudest  yells  the  men  could  give.  The  Algerines 
were  alarmed,  and  their  terror  was  not  decreased  on  learning  that 
more  western  men  were  passing  through  their  town. 

Brashear  City  was  reached  at  6  o'clock.  The  sun  was  intensely 
hot.  The  men  sought  shelter  under  anything  that  oifered  a  shade, 
and  the  early  part  of  the  day  was  spent  in  trying  to  keep  cool. 

A  new  battle  flag  was  received  from  Governor  Morton  while 
the  regiment  was  at  Brashear. 

At  Carrollton,  orders  were  issued  cutting  baggage  down  to 
the  smallest  possible  quantity.  The  order  said:  "  Personal  baggage 
will  be  reduced  to  a  valise  or  carpet  bag  and  a  roll  of  blankets  for 
each  officer.  No  cots  or  bedsteads  will  be  taken,  or  tables  or 
chairs.  A  mess  chest  of  100  pounds  will  be  allowed  to  each  mess 
of  three  to  five  officers,  and  250  pounds  to  from  six  to  ten  officers. 
Rubber  blankets  will  be  issued  to  the  men." 


BRASHEAK. THE    "NEW    HOOSIERS."  73 

Being  without  tents,  the  men  built  shelters  out  of  the  scant 
material  at  hand.  A  number  of  wagons  and  guns  had  been 
destroyed  by  the  rebels,  when  they  recaptured  the  place  some  time 
before.  The  remaining  material  was  collected,  and,  with  the 
blankets  and  ponchoes,  passable  shelters  were  constructed. 

A  colored  regiment,  numbering  a  thousand,  belonging  to  the 
Nineteenth  Corps,  was  at  Brashear.  The  men  were  stout  and 
hearty,  and  spoke  French. 

Previous  to  the  recent  advent  of  troops,  the  place  had  been 
occupied  by  eastern  regiments — "  Nutmegs,"  the  residents  called 
them.  When  the  Twenty-first  Indiana  (artillery)  came,  its  men 
were  the  first  "Hoosiers"  that  had  been  seen,  and  the  people, 
taken  with  their  manners,  so  different  from  the  "Nutmegs,"  trans 
ferred  their  regards  to  the  former.  This  was  especially  the  case 
with  the  ladies,  a  few  of  whom  resided  at  Berwick.  When  the 
Third  Brigade  arrived,  another  element  was  felt  at  Berwick.  The 
"New  Hoosiers"  were  different  from  the  others.  They  were 
excessively  familiar  and  sociable.  The  chief  establishment  in  town 
was  the  "hotel,"  where  some  of  the  officers  of  the  other  regiments 
boarded.  Attached  to  the  hotel  was  a  "bar,"  but  the  sale  of 
liquors  to  soldiers  had  been  forbidden  by  the  provost  marshal. 
Some  sales  were  made,  however,  on  the  sly.  The  lady  proprietor 
obeyed  the  order  as  against  the  "  New  Hoosiers,"  which  naturally 
irritated  those  gentlemen.  Retaliation  was  determined  upon. 
Late  one  night  a  party  came  in  front  of  the  gallery  and  serenaded 
the  ladies.  They  sang  the  new  war  songs,  and  delighted  the  audi 
ence.  In  the  meantime,  another  squad  had  gone  into  the  bar-room 
and  rolled  out  several  barrels  of  beer  and  other  luxuries.  The  pro 
prietress,  suspecting  a  flank  movement,  went  into  the  house  and 
discovered  the  depredation.  She  became  frantic,  and  was  taken 
in  charge  by  a  friendly  regimental  surgeon,  who  did  his  best  to 
pacify  the  irate  lady.  The  good  doctor  turned  upon  the  men  and 
severely  denounced  their  conduct.  He  gave  them  a  terrible  lecture. 
The  men  listened  with  the  most  respectful  attention,  and  the  young 
ladies  gave  the  doctor  the  most  profuse  thanks  for  his  gallant  inter 
ference.  The  despoiled  proprietress  believed  in  the  reformatory 
influences  of  the  doctor's  service,  and  was  regarding  him  as  her 
best  friend,  when  a  young  darkey  ran  up  and  announced  that  the 
"New  Hoosiers"  were  again  in  the  bar-room.  While  a  portion  of 
the  men  were  deluding  the  doctor  and  the  ladies  with  a  penitential 
hearing  of  his  lecture,  another  squad  had  utterly  sacked  the 


74  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

premises.  The  doctor  did  not  take  breakfast  at  the  hotel  the  next 
morning,  as  he  was  regarded  as  an  accomplice  in  the  depredation. 
The  entire  division  crossed  the  bayou  the  28th  of  September 
and  took  up  temporary  quarters  in  the  town  of  Berwick.  The 
first  experience  of  the  regiment  there  was  a  dismal  rain  of  three 
days'  duration.  The  ground  was  inundated.  Messes  that  had 
built  up  shelters  were  compelled  to  roost  upon  them  to  keep  dry. 
The  sun  appeared  the  third  day,  and,  with  the  wind,  gave  the 
place  a  different  look. 

Orders  came  to  march  on  the  4th,  and  were  received  by  the 
men  with  acclamation.  Other  orders  changed  the  date  to  the  3d, 
on  which  day,  at  7  o'clock,  the  regiment  was  on  the  road.  Each 
regiment  had  four  wagons,  in  which  were  carried  cooking  utensils, 
provisions  and  ammunition.  No  tents  were  to  be  seen.  The  pro 
visions  were  hard  bread,  coffee  and  salt.  The  other  articles  were 
to  be  "  procured." 

The  regiment  reached  Centreville,  sixteen  miles,  the  first  day. 
On  the  next,  Franklin  was  made  —  twelve  miles.  The  boys 
approved  of  Franklin  and  would  liked  to  have  stayed  there,  and 
the  people  fancied  the  "Hoosiers." 

On  the  5th  of  October  the  regiment  marched  twelve  miles  and 
went  into  camp  on  a  large  plantation  owned  by  a  Frenchman.  An 
extensive  sugar  mill,  with  all  the  appliances  for  raising  cane  and 
making  sugar,  were  part  of  the  institution.  For  some  reason  great 
care  was  taken  of  this  property.  Orders  were  issued  forbidding 
the  burning  of  rails,  killing  of  sheep  or  cattle,  or  the  commission 
of  any  of  the  usual  excesses  often  indulged  in  by  the  soldiers. 

During  the  day  orders  were  sent  to  all  the  colonels  to  place 
a  guard  in  front  of  the  regiments  at  the  halt  in  the  evening,  to 
prevent  the  burning  of  rails,  etc.  This  was  considered,  by  the 
soldiers,  a  great  invasion  of  their  franchise.  Great  dissatisfaction 
was  expressed.  Just  before  the  halt,  the  colonel  of  the  Forty-sixth 
had  a  conference  with  the  captains,  when  it  was  arranged  that  the 
men  should  be  informed  that  the  guard  would  not  be  called  for  if 
the  rails  and  other  property  on  the  regiment's  front  were  not 
disturbed,  and  the  officers  obtained  from  the  men  promises 
accordingly. 

At  the  halt,  the  brigade  stacked  arms  in  line.  In  all  the 
regiments,  the  "orderly's  call"  was  heard,  and  the  regiments 
prepared  the  required  guard.  In  the  meantime,  the  Forty-sixth 
people  were  skirmishing  for  wood  and  provisions,  and  by  the  time- 


OBEYING    ORDERS.  75- 

the  guards  of  the  other  regiments  were  out  there  was  nothing  to 
be  protected. 

It  was  not  long  before  the  general's  orderly  came  in  and 
notified  all  the  colonels  that  their  presence  was  desired  at  head 
quarters,  and  those  officers  met  and  repaired  to  the  general's 
quarters.  On  the  road  much  speculation  was  indulged  in  as  to  the 
purpose  of  the  call.  None  could  guess.  But  Colonel  McCauley,  of" 
the  Eleventh,  pointing  to  the  brigade  line,  suggested  that  the 
absence  of  fences  on  the  line  had  something  to  do  with  the 
business. 

General  McGinnis  was  found  pacing  before  his  tent  in  an  irate 
condition.  He  was  as  straight  as  a  tent  pole,  and  held  his  head 
in  the  position  of  a  very  angry  soldier.  The  officers  approached 
and  respectfully  saluted.  The  general  said:  "  Gentlemen,  did  you 
happen  to  get  an  order  this  morning  requiring  the  posting  of 
guards  on  the  halt,  this  evening?"  and  all  responded:  "We  did, 
sir."  Then  said  the  general:  "How  was  the  order  obeyed? 
Look  at  the  brigade  front.  The  fences  are  all  gone."  The  colonel 
of  the  Forty-sixth  modestly  referred  the  general  to  the  fence  on 
the  front  of  his  regiment,  and  suggested  that  he  be  excepted  from 
the  general  censure.  Looking  over  and  shading  his  eyes  with  his 
hand,  the  general  said:  "Yes,  the  Forty-sixth  has  obeyed  the 
order.  It  is  the  only  regiment  that  has  done  so.  It  has  its  fences 
intact."  Some  very  pointed  remarks  were  then  made  to  the 
delinquent  colonels  on  the  general  subject  of  obedience  to  orders, 
and  the  officers  were  sent  back  to  their  regiments.  Those  diso 
bedient  officers  always,  afterward,  insisted  that  while  they  were 
detailing  guards,  as  ordered,  the  Forty-sixth  people  carried  off  all 
the  rails  on  their  fronts,  and  left  them  without  fences  to  guard 
and  subject  to  censure  for  the  work  of  the  Forty-sixth. 

The  regiment  was  called  on  that  night  for  "a  good,  honest 
company"  to  guard  a  large  flock  of  sheep  that  was  on  the  premises. 
Company  I  was  detailed.  It  was  afterward  charged,  by  envious 
persons  in  other  regiments,  that  seventeen  head  of  fat  sheep  were 
carried  into  the  Forty-sixth's  camp  in  the  night  —  so  jealous  were 
some  of  the  good  reputation  of  an  honest  company.  The  proprie 
tor  manifested  his  gratitude  for  the  care  taken  of  his  property  by 
presenting  the  field  officers,  the  next  morning,  with  a  fine  dressed 
sheep  for  consumption  during  the  day's  march. 

Somebody  brought  a  goose  into  the  field  quarters  the  same 
night,  and  as  there  was  a  superabundance  of  meat  already  on  hand 


THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

it  was  artistically  cooked,  and,  with  a  polite  note,  sent  to  General 
McGinnis  as  a  fruit  of  obedience  to  orders;  the  goose,  as  alleged, 
having  been  caught  in  the  fence  preserved  under  general  orders. 
On  the  march  the  next  day  General  McGinnis  was  unusually 
sedate,  but  his  staff  officers  that  evening  confessed  that  the  goose 
was  good,  and  much  enjoyed  even  by  the  General. 

On  the  evening  of  the  5th  the  brigade  overtook  the  Nineteenth 
Corps  and  camped  three  miles  from  New  Iberia. 

The  First  Division  of  the  Thirteenth  Corps  passed  Iberia  on 
the  6th.  The  Fourth  came  up  and  encamped  near  Iberia  on  the 
same  day.  On  the  morning  of  the  10th  the  Fourth  Division  was 
on  the  road  westward.  No  regiment  in  the  division  had  drawn 
rations  for  several  days,  and  none  were  in  a  condition  to  march. 
The  last  day's  march  of  the  Forty-sixth  covered  twenty-four  miles, 
nineteen  of  which  were  without  water.  Camp  was  reached  after 
dark,  and  the  men  as  they  came  in  were  loaded  with  chickens  and 
potatoes  gathered  along  the  road. 

When  daylight  came,  on  the  llth,  the  men  were  astonished 
and  enchanted  with  the  scene  before  them.  They  looked  over  a 
broad  prairie,  covered  Avith  a  luxuriant  crop  of  tall  grass,  "just 
the  thing  for  beds."  Innumerable  cattle  were  grazing,  unconscious 
of  the  arrival  of  the  Hoosiers.  The  plain  was  fringed  with  timber 
and  cultivated  plantations.  The  crack  of  a  hundred  rifles  raised 
the  impression  that  a  skirmish  was  on,  but  it  was  only  a  skirmish 
for  steaks  for  breakfast. 

On  the  12th  the  brigade  camped  for  a  short  stay.  A  school 
for  field  officers  and  brigade  drills  was  instituted. 

On  the  morning  of  the  15th  firing  was  heard  in  front.  Again, 
.at  noon,  artillery  was  heard,  and  at  1  o'clock  orders  came  for  an 
advance.  At  3  o'clock  the  First  Brigade  took  the  road  and 
marched  until  midnight,  nineteen  miles.  An  attack  had  been 
made  on  General  Weitzell,  but  he  had  driven  the  rebels  off. 

On  the  morning  of  the  16th  the  brigade  moved  a  mile  for 
ward  and  encamped  on  a  fine  prairie.  The  brigade  had  just 
broken  ranks  when  a  disturbance  occurred  in  front.  Cavalry  came 
dashing  over  the  plain.  Rebel  cannon  in  the  timber  were  firing. 
The  brigade  line  moved  forward,  and  the  cannon  opened  on  the 
enemy.  The  artillery  and  cavalry  moved  up  and  found  the  rebels 
trying  to  get  a  large  drove  of  cattle  out  of  the  woods.  After  a 
l>rief  fight,  the  rebels  retreated  with  a  few  of  the  cattle,  leaving 
the  most  of  them  for  us. 


OPELOUSAS. —  BUKBRIDGE.  77" 

On  the  17th  the  regiment  received  orders  to  encamp  near  the 
quarters  of  General  Franklin,  and  to  do  picket  duty.  In  an  hour 
the  regiment  was  in  its  new  quarters.  Pickets  were  furnished 
toward  Opelousas  and  Grand  Choteau. 

A  reconnoissance  was  made  on  the  19th  by  a  cavalry  force  sup 
ported  by  the  Thirty-fourth  Indiana.  They  went  eight  miles  and 
found  the  rebels,  skirmished  and  drove  them. 

On  the  20th  the  Nineteenth  Corps  marched,  with  our  First, 
Brigade  in  advance.  Some  cavalry  had  gone  before.  The  remain 
der  of  the  Third  Division  was  in  reserve.  The  negro  regiment  of 
engineers  was  on  the  right  of  the  brigade,  and  marched  in  perfect 
order,  singing  "John  Brown."  Two  hundred  and  fifty  of  these 
men  carried  arms,  the  remainder  cleared  away  obstructions. 

The  rebels  were  posted  in  a  wood,  and  there  was  enough  of 
them  to  make  a  good  fight,  but  they  fled.  General  Franklin  rode 
behind  the  regiment  on  the  advance,  and  complimented  the  men 
for  their  precise  movements.  In  the  presence  of  the  commander 
it  is  to  be  supposed  the  regiment  showed  off  some.  The  brigade 
went  through  Opelousas  and  turned  off  to  Barre's  landing,  where 
it  arrived  the  same  evening. 

Barre's  landing  is  on  the  Bayou  Cortableaux.  The  diver 
sion  was  made  here  in  the  hope  of  getting  supplies  by  the  bayou, 
but  as  that  was  found  impracticable,  the  brigade  rejoined  the 
column  on  the  29th. 

On  the  return  of  the  expedition  from  Opelousas,  the  First 
Division,  under  General  Burbridge,  was  left  at  the  camp  formerly 
occupied  by  the  First  and  Third  Divisions,  eight  miles  from  that 
town.  The  Third  Division  camped  about  three  miles  east  of  that 
camp.  Between  the  two  divisions  there  wTas  a  plain,  or  prairie, 
three  miles  wide,  bounded  on  the  right  by  timber.  The  First  was 
on  Carancro  bayou. 

On  the  2d  of  November,  Burbridge  was  attacked  by  a  rebel 
force,  which  he  defeated,  but  our  division  was  marched  nearly  to 
the  scene  of  action.  On  the  same  day,  our  forage  trains  were 
driven  in.  At  a  house  in  sight  of  the  camp  a  captain  of  the 
Twenty-eighth  Iowa  was  killed.  Three  men  of  the  same  regiment 
and  two  of  the  Thirty-fourth  were  killed  in  the  same  neighborhood. 
The  captain  was  in  charge  of  a  small  guard,  and  seeing  a  squad  of 
Federals,  as  he  supposed,  ahead,  rode  up  and  saluted  them.  They 
wrere  dressed  in  blue.  They  surrounded  and  shot  him,  and  robbed^ 
him  even  of  his  clothes. 


'78  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

On  the  3d,  after  a  few  cannon  shots,  a  courier  rode  in  and 
reported  that  the  rebels  were  making  another  attack,  and  it  was 
apprehended  that  a  general  engagement  would  result.  The  divi 
sion  was  called  in  line,  but  another  courier  reporting  that  Burbridge 
had  driven  the  rebels  back  again,  the  men  were  dismissed. 

The  First  Brigade  was  encamped  in  line  of  battle  on  the  right 
of  the  road,  the  Twenty-fourth  on  the  right  and  the  Forty-sixth 
on  the  left.  So  decisive  were  the  indications  of  a  battle,  that  the 
colonel  had  the  men  stack  arms  in  line  and  cook  and  remain  close 
to  the  guns.  The  men  had  an  early  dinner  and  it  was  quickly 
eaten. 

At  noon  sharp  firing  was  heard  in  front.  An  aide  of  General 
Washburn's  was  seen  riding  rapidly  toward  the  brigade,  bare 
headed  and  waving  his  hat.  The  Forty-sixth  was  instantly  ordered 
in  line,  and,  in  a  few  minutes,  was  marching  by  column  up  the 
road.  Going  a  short  distance,  the  regiment  was  overtaken  by  an 
aide  of  General  Cameron,  who  ordered  the  colonel  to  halt  and 
await  the  passing  of  the  brigade  and  resume  his  proper  position  in 
the  column.  The  colonel  respectfully  said  that  he  would  go  on  a 
short  distance  and  await  the  brigade,  and  give  the  men  the  benefit 
of  the  rest. 

The  regiment  marched  on  rapidly  for  two  miles,  when  men, 
ivagon  trains  and  artillery  were  seen  dashing  out  of  the  woods. 
Rebel  cavalrymen  were  seen  striking  teamsters  and  artillerymen 
with  their  sabers.  A  mule  team  dashed  through  and  over  all 
opposition.  Batteries  of  artillery  rushed  from  the  woods.  Many 
of  them  were  overtaken  by  the  rebels  and  the  men  killed. 

Of  the  artillery,  two  guns  of  the  Second  Massachusetts  Bat 
tery  made  straight  for  the  regiment,  followed  closely  by  the  rebel 
cavalry.  By  this  time  the  regiment  was  within  shot.  The  line 
was  formed,  and  the  men  laid  on  the  ground  and  went  to  work. 
The  two  Massachusetts  guns  reached  the  regiment's  right,  and  the 
gunners  felt  satisfied  to  be  safe.  They  declined  firing  because 
they  had  no  water,  but  they  discovered  that  fire  was  more  neces- 
.*ary  to  their  safety  than  water.  Both  soon  got  into  action,  and 
did  good  service.  The  rapid  firing  of  the  regiment  and  the  two 
guns  checked  the  rebels  and  drove  them  to  the  woods.  Shortly 
-after  this,  the  remainder  of  the  brigade  arrived.  It  was  ordered 
to  await  the  arrival  of  the  Second  Brigade  before  pursuing  the 
rebels.  This  was  the  mistake,  for  when  the  Second  came  the 
^rebels  were  on  the  road  to  Opelousas.  At  the  close  of  the  action, 


CARENCRO.  79 

Generals  Washburn  and  Cameron  rode  up  to  the  regiment  and 
thanked  the  men  for  their  prompt  and  timely  service,  and  compli 
mented  them  on  their  general  efficiency.  The  regiment  had  none 
killed  in  this  engagement.  The  wounded  were:  John  J.  Viney, 
of  Company  A;  James  Luzader,  of  Company  G,  and  John  Howell, 
of  Company  F. 

Burbridge's  loss  was  eighteen  killed  and  100  wounded.  Four 
hundred  prisoners  were  taken.  An  entire  regiment  in  Burbridge's 
division  was  captured. 

The  rebels  had  over  100  killed.  Twenty  dead  and  twelve 
wounded  were  found  in  the  woods  opposite  the  position  of  the 
Forty-sixth. 

During  the  fight  the  rebel  cavalry  moved  around  on  the 
flanks  and  attacked  the  camps,  but  were  driven  off. 

The  camp  property  of  Burbridge's  division  was  all  destroyed. 

On  the  day  after  the  fight  General  Burbridge  personally 
thanked  the  Forty-sixth  for  its  timely  assistance. 

On  the  night  of  the  battle  the  entire  army  came  back  to  the 
camp  previously  occupied  by  the  Third  Division,  and  on  the  morn 
ing  of  the  6th  all  were  on  the  road  toward  Berwick.  A  rebel  force 
of  8,000  kept  close  to  us.  The  column  was  long.  The  Nineteenth 
Corps  was  in  front.  The  last  of  our  division  crossed  and  burned 
the  bridge  at  9  o'clock,  and  was  fired  on  by  the  rebels. 

After  a  march  of  five  miles  the  rebels  made  another  attack, 
and  compelled  us  to  halt  and  form  line  of  battle,  but  the  enemy 
kept  off. 

On  the  night  of  the  5th,  the  entire  camp  was  aroused  by  the 
explosion  of  a  shell  in  the  quarters  of  the  Forty-sixth  regiment. 
Charles  Baum,  of  Company  E,  taking  advantage  of  a  lull  in  busi 
ness,  undertook  the  boiling  of  a  piece  of  beef  to  enable  him  to  keep 
up  on  the  march  the  next  day.  He  had  propped  up  his  camp  kettle 
with  a  shell  that  he  had  found  near  the  fire.  The  shell  had  not 
been  exploded,  and  about  10  o'clock,  as  Baum  was  on  his  knees, 
blowing  the  coals,  the  fuse  became  ignited  and  the  shell  went  off. 
The  kettle  and  the  beef  also  went  off.  Baum  was  rolled  over 
several  times,  but  received  no  injury  except  having  his  eyes  filled 
with  dirt.  As  a  large  force  of  the  enemy  was  close,  an  attack  was 
expected,  and  the  general  officers,  with  their  aides,  were  dashing 
-about  in  search  of  the  cause  of  the  alarm.  Baum  was  in  search  of 
his  beef,  but  in  neither  case  was  the  search  successful. 

The  head  of   the   column   reached  Vermillionville   about  10 


80  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

o'clock.  It  passed  on  through  town  and  encamped  three  miles 
beyond.  An  infantry  guard  of  twenty-five  was  left  in  town  to 
guard  some  hospital  stores.  The  Forty-sixth  was  stopped  and 
directed  to  remain  on  the  edge  of  town  until  the  property  in  it 
was  removed.  It  rained  in  torrents.  The  regiment  made  the  best 
quarters  possible,  and  watched  for  the  rebels.  A  train  of  wagons, 
containing  some  forty  bales  of  cotton,  was  levied  on  and  held  for 
defensive  purposes.  In  the  afternoon  the  sun  came  out,  and  the 
place  had  a  better  look.  The  night  was  passed  without  disturb 
ance,  though  it  was  certain  that  there  were  10,000  rebels  within 
three  miles,  preparing  to  take  the  regiment  in. 

Fires  were  made  from  fences,  and  the  men  made  themselves 
comfortable  for  the  night.  At  daylight  earnest  preparations  were 
begun  to  add  to  the  general  security  of  the  position.  There  was  a. 
bright,  warm  sun,  and  blankets  and  clothing  were  dried.  There 
was  nothing  on  the  flanks.  The  picket  was  one  of  the  companies 
and  twenty-five  cavalrymen.  The  territory  thus  protected  was 
small,  and  the  regiment  was  kept  together  and  constantly  under 
arms. 

Toward  noon  the  real  character  of  the  position  became  mani 
fest.  From  the  steeple  of  the  church  the  rebels  were  in  full  view. 
They  were  seen  arriving  and  settling  down  in  temporary  quarters, 
while  complete  and  compact  lines  were  visible  for  over  a  mile 
across  the  regiment's  front.  Residents  were  coming  in,  reporting 
the  situation  outside,  and  always  in  the  highest  colors.  These 
were  sent  back  to  General  Franklin.  Two  hundred  yards  in  front 
of  the  regiment,  in  a  cottage,  was  seen  posted  a  squad  of  rebel 
scouts,  observing  the  Federal  position.  On  being  discovered,  it 
was  driven  off.  This  created  great  excitement  in  town.  There 
was  a  general  packing  up,  and  a  desire  to  get  out.  The  position 
of  the  people  between  the  two  armies  was  not  encouraging. 

At  5  o'clock  the  sight  from  the  steeple  was  grand.  The 
prairie  in  front  presented  an  area  of  many  miles.  Within  three 
miles  the  rebels  were  visible  without  the  glass,  and  with  the  glass 
far  beyond  that  distance.  All  were  evidently  ready  for  business. 
Three  miles  to  the  rear,  the  Federal  army  was  in  sight.  The  two 
army  corps  had  been  in  line  most  of  the  day.  Now,  at  sunset,  the 
clearest  hour  of  the  day,  the  heavy,  dark  lines  of  infantry,  each- 
regiment  distinguished  by  its  flag,  was  distinctly  seen,  while  the 
heavy  batteries,  with  their  bright  guns  in  line,  and  the  squadrons- 
of  cavalry  moving  about,  added  life  and  meaning  to  the  scene. 


VERMILLIONVILLE. 


Midway  between  these  great  points  of  interest,  and  watched 
closely  by  both,  was  a  line  of  300  men,  quietly  awaiting  the  approach 
of  the  rebels,  or  of  night,  when  they  might  prepare  defenses,  with 
out  being  seen  by  the  spies  near  by. 

As  soon  as  it  was  dark,  the  cotton  bales  were  rolled  into  posi 
tion  and  active  spades  completed  an  ample  protection  by  10 
o'clock. 

The  defense  being  finished,  the  regiment  was  marched  in  and 
each  man's  place  assigned  him,  when  the  regiment  went  back  to  its 
former  position,  to  remain  until  3  o'clock,  when  they  were  to  get 
behind  the  cotton  to  surprise  the  rebels,  who  would,  naturally, 
attack  the  original  position. 

At  1  o'clock  the  regiment  was  called  in.  As  it  marched 
through  town,  the  rebel  cavalry  followed  and  remained  until  day 
light,  when  the  Federal  cavalry  drove  them  out. 

The  cotton  taken  for  defenses  by  the  regiment  was,  in  1880, 
claimed  by  a  Frenchman  pretending  to  be  loyal.  He  sued  for  its 
value  in  the  Federal  Court  of  Claims,  and  recovered  110,000. 

Lewis  Messner,  of  Company  K,  and  John  Clingin,  of  Company 
G,  were  captured,  two  miles  from  Vermillionville,  on  the  12th  of 
November.  They  were  exchanged  about  January  8. 

The  regiment  took  its  place  in  the  brigade  line  at  Vermillion 
ville  bayou,  near  daylight,  on  the  8th  of  November,  where  the 
army  remained,  occasionally  skirmishing  with  the  rebels,  until  the 
morning  of  the  16th,  when  it  quietly  packed  up  and  moved  off. 
The  pickets  were  kept  out  until  the  last  moment,  and  New  Iberia 
was  reached  without  any  interference  from  the  rebels.  Lake 
Mauripas  is  six  miles  from  Iberia.  The  division  encamped  there 
the  first  day,  and  leisurely  marched  to  Iberia  the  next.  Here  the 
rebels  made  their  appearance.  As  the  division  reached  camp,  two 
wagons  of  the  Forty-sixth,  out  for  forage,  with  five  men,  were 
captured.  Shortly  afterward  a  large  force  appeared  and  were 
driven  off  with  shells. 

On  the  19th  the  regiment  went  across  the  Teche  as  an  escort 
to  a  forage  train.  Saw  rebels  at  a  distance. 

At  midnight  of  the  19th  had  orders  to  fall  in  at  3  o'clock, 
with  eighty  rounds  and  no  baggage.  The  regiment  was  in  line' 
promptly,  and,  with  the  brigade  and  a  squadron  of  cavalry,  started 
for  a  rebel  force,  said  to  be  at  Camp  Pratt,  near  Lake  Mauripas. 
Just  before  daylight  the  advance  ran  upon  the  picket,  captured  it 
and  surrounded  the  camp. 


82  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

The  rebels  were  caught  asleep,  and  the  entire  force,  except 
two  men,  captured.  The  commandant,  a  major,  was  one  of  the 
unlucky  ones.  Two  rebels  were  killed  and  twelve  wounded.  One 
hundred  men,  and  twelve  commissioned  officers,  were  mounted  on 
mules  and  taken  to  camp.  Two  or  three  of  the  smaller  men  were 
assigned  to  one  mule.  The  brigade,  with  the  prisoners  and  two 
bands  of  music,  passed  through  the  camp  of  the  division,  and  was 
greeted  with  hearty  shouts. 

Thanksgiving  Day  was  duly  observed  in  camp  by  the  Third 
Division.  A  platform  was  built  in  front  of  headquarters,  and  the 
ten  regiments,  with  visitors  from  other  divisions,  assembled  in  the 
morning  and  had  a  sermon,  prayers,  music  by  two  bands  and  sing 
ing  of  religious  and  patriotic  songs  by  the  congregation.  Then 
there  were  speeches  by  men  and  officers.  On  this  occasion  every 
soldier  held  his  gun,  and  all  were  ready  to  repel  an  assault  that  was 
constantly  possible.  In  the  afternoon  a  grand  horse  race  came  off. 
The  same  ceremonies  common  on  such  occasions  at  home  were 
observed.  On  both  occasions  of  the  day  the  rebels  were  visible, 
watching,  at  a  safe  distance,  the  doings  of  the  division.  At  the 
Thanksgiving  meeting  the  "Veteran"  subject  was  largely  dis 
cussed  and  favorably  considered. 

The  regiment  remained  at  New  Iberia  until  the  19th  of  Decem 
ber,  when  the  line  of  march  was  taken  up  for  Brashear  City.  As 
the  brigade  passed  the  quarters  of  General  Franklin,  the  boys  gave 
him  three  rousing  cheers,  and  when  they  came  to  the  camp  of  the 
Nineteenth  Corps  the  "Nutmegs"  were  given  a  parting  yell,  such 
as  they  so  heartily  despised. 

At  Berwick  the  division  occupied  the  ground  formerly  held  by 
the  Fourth. 

On  the  22d  the  First  Brigade  was  ferried  over  the  bay  to 
Brashear,  and  the  Twenty-fourth  and  Eleventh  went  on  the  cars  to 
Algiers.  The  Forty-sixth  and  a  battalion  of  the  Twenty-ninth 
Wisconsin  went  on  the  train  at  noon,  on  the  22d,  in  a  heavy  rain, 
and  reached  Algiers  at  8  o'clock  in  the  evening,  when  the  men 
found  dry  spots  along  the  railroad  and  slept.  The  "Veteran" 
subject  again  came  up,  and  was  warmly  discussed. 

On  the  29th  of  December,  Companies  C,  F,  H  and  I  shipped 
on  a  steamer  for  Texas.  Landed  at  Matagorda  bay,  where  they 
met  the  Seventy-seventh  Illinois  and  the  Thirteenth  and  Fifteenth 
Maine.  Remained  two  weeks,  when  they  returned  to  Madisonville. 

On   the  19th  of  January  the  Eleventh  and  Forty-sixth  were 


MADISONVILLE.  83 

ferried  to  the  Lake  Pontchartrain  railroad,  by  which  they  were 
transported  to  the  lake,  where  they  embarked  on  a  steamer  for 
Madisonville,  where  they  arrived  at  9  o'clock  and  went  into  camp. 

The  regiment  remained  at  Madisonville  until  the  27th  of 
February.  Its  history  there  was  uneventful.  There  was  no  enemy 
in  the  vicinity,  and  but  little  duty  to  perform.  Considerable  work 
was  done  on  earthworks,  but  not  more  than  enough  for  exercise. 

Leaving  Madisonville,  the  regiment  went  back  to  Algiers. 
Here  the  "  Veteran"  movement  was  perfected.  Three  hundred  and 
seven  men  re-enlisted,  dating  January  2,  1864.  The  non- veterans 
were  assigned  to  the  Twenty-ninth  Wisconsin,  and,  subsequently, 
to  Varner's  Battalion. 

Orders  were  received  to  prepare  for  a  march  west  on  the  3d 
of  March.  They  were  received  with  great  dissatisfaction  by  all. 
It  was  expected  that  the  regiment  would  remain  at  Algiers  until 
the  promised  furlough  could  be  had.  The  Eleventh,  Twenty-fourth, 
Thirty-fourth  and  Forty-seventh  had  gone  home,  and  the  boys 
felt  dissatisfied  in  being  obliged  to  give  up  their  anticipated 
pleasure  and  enter  upon  a  protracted  and  dangerous  service.  Like 
good  soldiers,  however,  they  obeyed  the  order. 

Of  the  Thirteenth  Corps,  the  Third  and  Fourth  Divisions 
only  went.  The  others  were  in  Texas.  Of  the  Third  Division, 
the  four  regiments  before  mentioned  were  absent.  The  corps  was 
commanded  by  General  Ransom.  The  Nineteenth  Corps  was 
complete  and  commanded  by  General  Franklin.  This  portion  of 
the  expedition  started  from  Algiers,  another  from  Vicksburg.  A 
fleet  of  gunboats  and  monitors  went  up  Red  river.  The  army  was 
commanded  by  General  Banks,  the  navy  under  Commodore  Porter. 


CHAPTER  VI. 

VACANCIES  AND  PROMOTIONS.  — RED  RIVER  EXPEDITION.— SABINE  CROSS 
ROADS.— PLEASANT  HILL.— GRAND  ECORE.— ALEXANDRIA.—  BUILD 
ING  THE  DAM.— BAYOU  RAPIDS  BRIDGE.— YELLOW  BAYOU.— ATCHA- 

FALAYA.— MORGANZA.—  GENERAL  EMORY.— VETERAN  FURLOUGH.— 

MARCH -JUNE,  1864. 

T)ETWEEN  March  and  June,  1864,  the  following  vacancies 
1  J  and  promotions  occurred: 

Captain  Joseph  C.  Plumb,  of  Company  F,  resigned  March  2, 
1864;  he  was  succeeded  by  Lieutenant  Michael  Rader.  Ser 
geant  George  W.  Yates  was  commissioned  first  lieutenant. 

Second  Lieutenant  Jacob  Hudlow,  of  Company  I,  was  killed  at 
Sabine  Cross  Roads,  April  8,  1864.  No  promotion. 

First  Lieutenant  John  McClung,  of  Company  K,  was  killed  at 
•Sabine  Cross  Roads,  April  8,  1864.  Lieutenant  Chester  Chamber 
lain  was  commissioned  captain,  and  George  C.  Horn  first  lieutenant. 

That  portion  of  the  column  in  which  was  the  Forty-sixth  left 
Algiers  on  the  6th  of  March.  A  brief  diary  of  the  march  will 
now  be  sufficient: 

March  6.  Left  Algiers,  arrived  at  Brashear  City  and  crossed 
.Berwick  bay  same  day. 

March  7  to  12.     In  camp. 

13.  Marched  sixteen  miles  to  Boreland's  plantation. 

14.  Five  miles  beyond  Franklin. 

15.  In  camp. 

16.  Marched  to  within  six  miles  of  New  Iberia. 

17.  Seventeen  miles  to  Spanish  lake. 

18.  Fifteen  miles  to  Vermillion  bayou. 

19.  To  Camp  Fair  View,  near  Grand  Choteau,  eighteen  miles. 

20.  Eighteen  miles  to  a  point  two  miles  beyond  Washington. 
-Camped  on  Bayou  Cortableaux. 

21.  In  camp. 


86  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

22.  Sixteen  miles  and  camped  on  Bayou  Beof. 

23.  Still  on  Bayou  Beof.     Twenty-three  miles. 

24.  Fourteen  miles.     Camped  near  a  saw-mill. 

25.  Fourteen  miles.     Camped  on  a  rebel  captain's  plantation. 

26.  Six  miles  beyond  Alexandria,  on  the  Bayou  Rapids. 

27.  In  camp.     The  cavalry  routed  the  enemy  and  captured 
some  prisoners. 

28.  Eighteen  miles  on  the  Bayou  Rapids. 

29.  Fifteen  miles.     Encamped  on  Big  Cane. 

30.  In  camp. 

31.  Sixteen  miles,  on  Little  Cain. 

April  1.     To  Natchitoches,  twenty-two  miles. 
2  to  5.     In  camp,  in  rear  of  town. 

6.  Fifteen  miles,  to  Oak  Bottoms. 

7.  To  Pleasant  Hill,  twenty  miles. 

8.  Fifteen  miles,  to  Sabine  Cross  Roads. 

On  leaving  Algiers,  all  superfluous  and  considerable  necessary 
baggage  was  left.  The  regiment  traveled  lighter  than  ever  before. 
The  men  had  no  tents,  and  were  expected  to  make  shelter  with 
their  ponchoes  and  blankets.  It  was  not  many  days  before  even 
those  articles  were  thrown  away. 

On  the  march  toward  Alexandria  the  route  laid  over  the  same 
road  already  twice  traveled  by  the  Forty-sixth.  This  march  was 
enlivened  by  frequent  attacks  by  the  rebels,  and  the  knowledge 
that  a  serious  battle  would  be  fought. 

At  many  points  on  the  road  where  it  was  supposed  it  might 
occur,  the  promised  "veteran  furlough"  was  looked  for.  At 
Natchitoches  hope  fled,  and  the  subject  was  dropped. 

On  the  night  of  the  7th  of  April,  1864,  the  Thirteenth  and 
Nineteenth  Corps  encamped  at  Pleasant  Hill,  nineteen  miles  from 
Mansfield,  or  Sabine  Cross  Roads.  The  cavalry  near  this  point 
overtook  the  rebel  rear  guard,  under  General  Green,  and  after  a 
brief  skirmish  drove  the  rebels  forward,  killing  thirty  and  wound 
ing  sixty  men,  General  Lee's  loss  being  twenty  killed  and  fifty 
wounded.  The  cavalry  then  moved  on  about  six  miles,  and  went 
into  camp.  The  infantry  force  mentioned  was  well  concentrated 
and  in  high  spirits.  The  baggage  and  supply  trains  were  well  up, 
and  the  artillery  was  conveniently  parked.  Long  lines  of  camp 
fires  gleamed  brightly  through  the  thick  pine  forest.  Groups  of 
dusty  men  with  high  hopes  sang  patriotic  songs  around  blazing 
pine  faggots,  while  others  reposed  on  the  soft  carpet  of  leaves,. 


SABINE    CROSS    EOADS.  87 

dreaming  of  home  and  those  who  were  there  watching  for  their 
return,  little  thinking  that  the  next  night  would  find  them  hurry 
ing  to  the  same  spot,  broken  and  scattered,  with. many  lying  stiff 
in  death,  or,  with  mangled  limbs,  in  the  hands  of  a  heartless  and 
exasperated  foe.  A  happy,  joyous  night  was  soon  to  be  turned  to 
a  day  of  mourning. 

On  the  8th,  the  sun  rose  bright  in  a  cloudless  sky,  ushering  in 
a  beautiful  but  to  the  Union  army  a  disastrous  day.  At  5 
o'clock,  the  Fourth  Division  of  the  Thirteenth  Army  Corps,  com 
manded  by  Colonel  Landrum,  of  the  Nineteenth  Kentucky,  moved 
forward  to  support  the  cavalry.  At  6  o'clock  the  Third  Division, 
under  General  R.  A.  Cameron,  numbering,  exclusive  of  train 
guards,  about  1,200  men,  followed.  After  this  force  came  the 
supply  trains  of  the  Thirteenth  Corps. 

At  7  o'clock,  General  Emory,  with  one  division  of  the  Nine 
teenth  Corps,  followed  by  the  remaining  trains  of  the  army,  moved 
out.  The  remainder  of  the  Nineteenth  Corps,  which  was  the  bulk 
of  the  army  present,  followed  under  Major  General  Franklin. 
The  train  numbered  over  600  wagons,  of  which  those  of  the  gener 
al's  staff  formed  no  inconsiderable  portion. 

The  road  over  wThich  this  enormous  train  was  to  pass  was  a 
narrow,  tortuous  passage,  through  a  dense  pine  forest  —  so  narrow 
in  many  places  that  a  single  horseman  could  scarcely  pass  the  mov 
ing  wagons.  The  rear  guard  of  the  army  did  not  get  away  until 
after  12  o'clock.  At  this  time  the  Sixteenth  Corps,  under  General 
A.  J.  Smith,  was  on  the  road  from  Grand  Ecore,  where  it  had  dis 
embarked  from  boats. 

About  7  o'clock  the  cavalry  discovered  the  enemy,  about  5,000 
strong,  posted  on  a  deep  bayou,  eight  miles  from  Pleasant  Hill 
—  a  position  chosen  for  the  advantage  which  it  gave  to  them. 
A  brisk  skirmish  ensued  —  on  our  side  principally  with  carbines, 
our  cavalry  being  dismounted.  The  Fourth  Division  was  hurried 
forward  and  the  enemy  soon  dislodged  and  driven  back.  The 
contest  here  was  brief  but  fierce.  The  enemy  fell  back  slowly, 
stubbornly  contesting  the  ground,  closely  pursued  by  the  cavalry 
and  the  small  body  of  infantry.  A  running  fight  was  kept  up  for 
a  distance  of  eight  miles,  Avhen,  at  2  o'clock,  the  enemy,  after 
passing  a  plantation  of  600  acres,  made  a  determined  stand.  A 
council  of  war  was  now  held,  at  which  were  General  Banks  and  all 
the  general  officers.  It  was  proposed  to  go  into  camp,  issue  rations 
and  give  the  Sixteenth  and  Nineteenth  Corps  time  to  get  up,  and 


88  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

be  prepared  on  the  next  morning  to  fight  the  battle  that  now 
appeared  inevitable.  This  wise  proposition  was  overruled,  and 
General  Lee  was  ordered  to  push  the  enemy.  It  was  argued  that 
the  enemy  was  not  in  force  in  front,  that  it  was  nothing  but  the 
force  that  had  been  opposing  the  expedition  the  day  or  two 
previous,  and  that  the  cavalry,  supported  by  the  infantry  then  up, 
was  sufficient  for  the  work. 

During  this  halt  the  Third  Division  had  moved  up  to  within 
four  miles  of  the  scene  of  action.  While  the  consultation  was 
going  on,  it  was  ordered  to  go  into  camp.  It  remained  at  this 
point  about  two  hours,  when  General  Cameron  received  orders  to 
move  at  once  to  the  front. 

By  this  time  the  battle  raged  furiously.  It  was  found  that  the 
entire  rebel  army  was  in  position  behind  hastily  constructed  works 
of  logs.  The  cavalry  had  broken  and  fallen  back  in  disorder. 
The  cavalry  train  had  been  halted  in  the  road,  blocking  it  up 
against  the  advance  of  artillery  and  preventing  the  mass  of  retreat 
ing  horsemen  from  escaping,  except  through  the  lines  of  infantry. 
The  Fourth  Division  fought  with  desperation.  The  rebel  lines 
were  forced,  only  to  be  reformed.  It  had  to  oppose  the  entire 
rebel  army,  and  the  struggle  was  decided  by  numbers.  Only  1,800 
men,  with  a  very  small  portion  of  the  cavalry,  were  engaged  on  the 
Union  side  in  this  contest. 

The  Federal  lines  being  comparatively  short,  the  extended 
lines  of  the  enemy  were  enabled  to  close  around  this  small  force, 
and  the  retreat  of  a  large  portion  was  cut  off.  The  cavalry 
retreated,  leaving  infantry,  artillery  and  ammunition  train  at  the 
mercy  of  the  enemy.  The  infantry  cut  through,  only  to  find 
itself  again  surrounded.  The  ammunition,  after  two  hours'  hard 
fighting,  was  exhausted,  and  a  surrender  was  inevitable. 

Such  was  the  condition  of  affairs  when  General  Cameron 
arrived  on  the  ground  with  the  Third  Division,  numbering  not 
over  twelve  hundred  men.  Line  of  battle  was  immediately  formed 
with  the  First  Brigade,  composed  of  the  Forty-sixth  Indiana  and 
five  companies  of  the  Twenty-ninth  Wisconsin,  under  Lieutenant 
Colonel  A.  M.  Flory,  on  the  right,  and  the  Second  Brigade,  com 
posed  of  the  Twenty-fourth  and  Twenty-eighth  Iowa,  and  the 
Fifty-sixth  Ohio,  under  Colonel  Raynor,  on  the  left.  The  position 
of  the  division  was  on  the  edge  of  a  wood,  with  an  open  plantation 
in  front.  It  was  about  three-fourths  of  a  mile  across,  with  noth 
ing  to  obstruct  the  view  except  an  occasional  swell  of  the  ground. 


SABINE    CROSS    ROADS. 


The  width  of  this  open  space  was  more  than  thrice  the  length  of 
the  front  of  the  Third  Division,  now  the  only  troops  left  to  con 
front  the  enemy. 

The  rebels,  elated  with  their  success,  came  pouring  over  the 
clearing  in  successive  lines  and  closely  massed  columns.  They 
were  permitted  to  come  within  close  rifle  range  before  the  Third 
Division  opened  upon  them.  The  Federal  position  was  such  that, 
concealed  behind  logs  and  fences,  it  could  not  be  located  by  the 
rebels,  giving  an  unusually  fine  opportunity  for  deliberate  aim.  A 
deadly  volley  broke  forth  from  the  whole  line,  breaking  the  rebel 
ranks,  hurling  them  back  in  confusion,  and  leaving  the  ground, 
strewn  with  their  dead  and  wounded.  The  rattle  of  the  deadly 
rifle  was  unceasing,  and  the  rebel  slaughter  terrible. 

The  enemy  rapidly  retreated,  but  again  formed  heavier  lines 
with  fresh  troops.  Now  was  the  time  for  the  Nineteenth  Corps  to 
have  been  brought  up,  and,  forming  on  the  right  and  left,  prevented 
the  flanking  by  the  enemy,  through  which  they  gained  their  victory. 
But  that  was  not  the  arrangement.  The  Nineteenth  Corps  was 
four  miles  in  the  rear,  in  camp,  and  could  not  be  brought  up  until 
the  Third,  like  the  Fourth  Division,  had  been  sacrificed. 

The  rebel  lines,  numbering  not  less  than  8,000,  advanced  again 
and  again,  but  could  not  maintain  themselves.  Each  time  they 
were  driven  back  by  this  little  force  of  1,200. 

Another  but  a  feebler  demonstration  was  made  on  the  front 
by  a  small  portion  of  the  enemy,  while  the  bulk  of  the  force,  under 
cover  of  the  woods  on  either  side,  passed  around  to  the  flanks  and 
rear  of  the  Federal  lines.  This  closed  the  contest.  The  division 
was  surrounded.  It  maintained  the  line,  and  endeavored  to  fall 
back;  but  the  rebels,  actually  coming  among  the  men,  forced  them 
to  break,  to  enable  the  few  that  could  escape,  to  do  so.  The  men 
fought  to  the  last  moment,  and  continued  firing  until  forced  to 
cease  by  capture,  or  by  the  want  of  ammunition.  The  struggling 
division  fought  from  tree  to  tree,  pursued  by  the  rebel  cavalry  for 
a  mile  and  a  half,  when  the  Nineteenth  Corps,  coming  up,  saved 
the  remnant  not  killed  or  captured. 

The  Nineteenth  Corps  drove  back  the  rebels  with  considerable 
slaughter,  and  night  coming  on,  the  conflict  ended  for  the  day. 

The  cavalry  train  being  in  the  road,  blocked  it  completely. 
The  pine  woods  were  so  thick  that  artillery  could  not  be  moved 
through  them,  so  it  was  impossible  to  bring  off  the  wagon,  artillery 
and  ambulance  trains,  which  fell  into  the  hands  of  the  rebels.  The 


90  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

cavalry  train  was  heavily  laden  with  commissary  stores  and  officers' 
property,  and  furnished  rich  booty. 

This  was  the  battle  of  Mansfield,  or  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  where 
an  expedition  fitted  out  without  regard  to  expense,  finely  appointed 
in  every  necessary  material,  with  an  army  never  before  defeated  — 
men  who  had  stood  at  Vicksburg,  Jackson,  Port  Hudson  and  Baton 
Rouge  —  was  defeated  and  destroyed  with  the  loss  of  material 
inestimable,  and  a  sacrifice  of  life  terrible  to  contemplate,  through 
a  plan  of  battle  which  threw  into  the  fight  detachments  of  troops 
only  as  fast  as  they  could  be  destroyed.  One  of  the  great  blunders 
of  the  war  was  committed  here  —  one  for  which  nobody,  as  yet,  has 
been  called  to  account. 

The  loss  of  the  Federal  army  at  this  battle  was  600  killed  and 
wounded,  and  1,250  captured.  The  loss  of  the  rebels,  as  taken 
from  their  official  reports,  was  3,100,  of  whom,  ten  days  after, 
1,000  were  dead.  Texas  and  Louisiana  were  in  mourning  for  the 
calamity  that  fell  upon  them.  Very  many  prominent  officers  were 
killed.  General  Mouton,  of  Louisiana,  and  General  Green,  of 
Texas,  the  hope  of  the  Confederacy  (in  that  portion  of  it)  were 
victims.  Scarcely  a  company  came  out  without  the  loss  of  all  or 
nearly  all  of  its  commissioned  officers,  and  the  victory  in  every 
way  was  most  dearly  paid  for. 

The  loss  of  the  Forty-sixth  regiment  was  as  follows: 

Company  A. —  Killed:  Archibald  Smock.  Wounded:  Cap 
tain  William  A.  Pigman.  Missing:  David  C.  Murphy,  Levi  Can 
ter,  Lewis  Canter,  John  W.  Creson,  John  T.  Rees,  Horace  Deyo. 

Company  B. —  Killed:  None.  Wounded:  Captain  Frank 
Swigart,  William  H.  Guard.  Missing:  John  W.  Castle,  John  R. 
Cunningham,  Joseph  Davis,  William  H.  Grant,  George  W.  Oden, 
Benjamin  F.  Shelley,  Joshua  P.  Shields. 

Company  C. —  Killed:  George  Lane  and  Robert  Lewis. 
Wounded:  Joseph  Henderson.  Missing:  William  Bacom, 
Thomas  S.  Evans,  Anthony  Babanoe,  George  Huntsinger,  Jacob 
Kashner,  John  Shepherd,  Francis  M.  Speece. 

Company  D. —  Killed:  Jacob  Cripliver.  Wounded:  John 
McTaggart,  Michael  J.  Blue,  Porter  A.  White,  Terrence  Dunn, 
Samuel  W.  Cree,  Julius  C.  Jackson.  Missing:  Anthony  A.  Eskew, 
James  H.  Gardner,  Hiram  Lumbard,  George  W.  Nield,  William 
H.  Small. 

Company  E. —  Killed:  None.  Wounded:  David  Bishop. 
Missing:  Ellis  J.  Hughes. 


SABIXE    CROSS    KOADS.  91 

Company  F. — Wounded:  George  W.  Yates.  Missing:  John 
Shaffer,  George  Huffman,  Jonathan  Hiney,  Edward  H.  Berry > 
James  Coleman,  Jacob  Gates,  Samuel  Gable,  James  Hastings,  John 
Meredith,  Jacob  Sell. 

Company  G. —  Missing:  Joseph  Carr,  Jacob  Guess,  Daniel 
Cronan,  William  R.  Clouse,  William  Hay  ward,  Allen  White,. 
James  C.  Chamberlain,  Dennis  Bagley. 

Company  H. — Wounded:  Thomas  P.  DeMoss,  Johnson  Lid- 
yard.  Missing:  Jasper  N.  Mullins,  William  Fahler,  James  Fisher, 
James  Parsons,  Daniel  Garbison,  Lawrence  Hartleroad. 

Company  I. —  Killed:  George  Schleh,  Lieutenant  Jacob  Hud- 
low.  Missing:  Cyrus  S.  Peabody,  John  A.  Wilson,  Bradley  Por 
ter,  John  Hamilton,  Amos  Orput. 

Company  K. —  Killed:  Lieutenant  John  McClung,  Thomas 
Scott.  Wounded:  Jefferson  Marshman.  Missing:  John  M.  Van- 
meter,  David  C.  Jenkins,  Jesse  Shamp,  William  Cook,  Samuel 
Johnson,  William  Kreekbaum,  Ambrose  Me  Yoke,  George  Moore, 
George  Matthews,  Elihu  Shaffer,  Elmore  Shelt,  John  Stallard. 

Of  the  field  and  staff,  Lieutenant  Colonel  A.  M.  Flory  and 
Chaplain  Hamilton  Robb  \vere  missing.  Captain  William  DeHart, 
of  Company  D,  was  also  missing. 

Recapitulation:  Killed,  seven;  wounded,  thirteen;  missing, 
eighty-six. 

That  portion  of  the  regiment  not  killed  or  captured  made  its 
way  back  until  the  advance  of  the  Nineteenth  Corps  was  met. 
The  lines  were  opened  and  the  retreating  mass  passed  through  and 
formed  with  or  behind  Franklin's  lines,  when  the  rebels  were 
checked  and  driven  back. 

On  the  9th  the  entire  army  was  in  line  of  battle  at  Pleasant 
Hill,  fifteen  miles  from  the  battlefield  of  the  8th.  The  Sixteenth 
Corps  had  reached  that  point  from  Grand  Ecore.  Here  the  rebels 
were  whipped,  and  the  entire  army  marched  to  Grand  Ecore,  which 
point  was  reached  at  noon  on  the  llth. 

On  April  12  the  regiment  went  to  work  on  intrenchments. 
Portions  of  the  army  straggling  in. 

13  and  14.  Work  on  intrenchments.  Reports  of  rebels 
coming  in.  Bad  news  from  the  gunboats  above. 

15  to  21.  Work  on  intrenchments.  Rebels  \vaiting  and 
watching  for  the  Federals  to  move.  Fleet  comes  down.  Ordered 
to  march.  Did  so  at  2.30  A.  M.,  the  21st.  Meanwhile  the  town, 
caught  fire.  Marched  until  2  o'clock,  the  morning  of  the  23d. 


•92  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

23.  Started  at  6  A.  M.     Reached  Big  Cain.     The  rebels  were 
there,  and  attacked  the  front  and  rear  of  the  column.     They  were 
beaten  off  with  great  loss  to  them. 

24.  Left  Big  Cain  at  8  A.  M.,  and  marched  eighteen  miles  to 
.Bayou  Rapids. 

25.  Eighteen  miles,  to  within  two  miles  of  Alexandria.     Hot 
.and  dusty. 

26.  In  camp.     Work  on  intrenchments. 

27.  First  Division   of   the  Thirteenth   Army   Corps   arrived 
"from  Texas. 

28.  Ordered  to  attack  the  enemy.     Did  so  and  returned. 

29  and  30.  Working  on  the  dam.  Very  hot.  Forty-seventh 
Indiana  arrived  from  home. 

May  1.  In  line  of  battle  all  the  time.  Rebels  get  below,  on 
the  river,  and  threaten  trouble. 

2.  Ordered  to  advance  on  the  enemy.     Skirmished  all  day. 
Rebels  followed  to  camp  and  threw  in  shells.     Transport  "Emma1' 
•captured  below  and  burned. 

3.  Very  hot.     In  line  of  battle  all  day.     Rebels  threatening. 
Work  on  dam  progressing. 

4.  Intrenching.     Heavy  firing  down   the   river.     The  "City 
.Bell,"    wdth    the    One    Hundred    and    Twentieth    Ohio,   captured. 
Boat   burned   and    Colonels    Mudd,    Bassett   and    Speigle   killed. 
-Fifty-sixth  Ohio  start  home  on  veteran  furlough. 

5.  Met  the  rebels.     Fought  all  day.     Sharp  shelling.     Steamer 
"Warner,"  with  Fifty-sixth  Ohio,  captured.     Many  of  the  regi- 

'inent  killed  and  wounded.  Gunboats  Eighteen  and  Twenty-Jive 
were  burned.  "Veteran  furloughs"  at  a  discount. 

6.  Skirmished  nearly  all  day.     Went  five  miles.     Laid  all 
night  at  Middle  bayou. 

7.  Started  early.     Met  the  enemy  at  once.     Skirmished  all 
-day.     Stopped  at  5  P.  M.  at  Bayou  Rapids  bridge.      Drove  the 

rebels  across.  A  Major  McNeil,  of  Texas,  was  seen  examining  the 
.pickets,  and  shot.  There  were  found  on  him  S7QO  in  Confederate 

money,  and  very  important  papers. 

A  mistake,  or  an  omission,  made  at  headquarters,  came  near 

landing  the  First  Brigade  into  a  rebel  prison.  General  Cameron, 
•commanding  the  division  at  the  time,  was  at  Alexandria,  sick. 
iHe  had  gone  back  in  the  afternoon.  At  10  o'clock  at  night  orders 
<came  to  fall  back  to  Alexandria.  General  Cameron  was  not  found, 
.and  it  was  never  known  to  whom  the  orders  were  delivered. 


ALEXANDRIA.  93- 

Colonel  Bringhurst  was  then  the  ranking  officer,  and  should  have- 
received  them,  but  at  11  o'clock  he  had  not.  Adjutant  Watts 
was  sent  out  to  discover  the  meaning  of  the  artillery  and  several; 
regiments  retiring.  He  returned  with  the  information  that  the- 
Second  Brigade  and  the  artillery  were  falling  back;  that  Lieutenant 
Funston,  commandant  of  the  ordinance  train,  was  packing  up  and- 
leaving,  because  of  the  impression  that  all  were  going  back.  The- 
colonel  then  led  out  the  brigade,  and  the  division  got  out  without 
alarming  the  rebels.  When  near  Alexandria,  a  courier  was  met, 
hurrying  out  to  correct  the  mistake. 

8  to  12.  In  line  of  battle  at  Middle  bayou,  keeping  the  rebels 
back,  while  the  dam  was  being  built.  Constant  attacks  from  the 
rebels.  Heavy  explosion  at  Alexandria. 

13.  Ordered    to   leave   at    sunrise.      Started   at    2.30   p.  M. 
Struck  the  river  some  miles  below  Alexandria  after  dark. 

River  crowded  with  boats.  Their  lights  looked  like  those  of 
a  city.  On  both  land  and  river  the  confusion  was  great.  Appre 
hensive  that  the  rebels  would  follow  immediately,  the  boat  officers 
entangled  the  boats  in  their  haste  to  start  down.  On  the  land  the 
confusion  arose  from  the  difficulty  in  getting  the  corps  and  divisions 
in  their  proper  places.  Meanwhile,  several  conflagrations  broke 
out  in  the  city. 

14.  Finally  started  at  6  A.  M.     Troops  took  the  levee;  the- 
wagons  the  road.     Halted  at  midnight.     No  time  to  cook.     Build 
ings  burning  along  the  road.     Constant   alarms    from  front  and 
rear.     Men  exhausted. 

15.  Started  at  7  A.  M.     Went  a  mile  and  a  half  by  3.30  P.  M. 
Attack  on  the  rear.     Rebels  shell  sharply  and  stood  determinedly.. 
The   head    of    the   column   built  a  bridge    over   Bayou    Choteau.. 
Again  started  at  5  P.  M.     Made  twelve  miles  by  1.20  next  morning. 
Road  full  of  refugees.     Many  wagons  burned. 

16.  Laid  down  in  line  of  battle  at  2  A.  M.     Ordered  to  march 
at  3.     Started  at  4.     Met  the  enemy  at  7.     Their  lines  were  a  mile- 
and  a  half  long.     The  army  was  closed  up  and  preparations  made 
for  battle. 

Driving  the  rebels  through  Marksville,  the  lines  passed  over 
a  plain.  As  a  general  engagement  was  expected,  the  entire  Federal 
army  was  in  line  and  in  sight.  Not  less  than  25,000  men  —  infantry, 
cavalry  and  artillery  —  were  visible  at  once.  The  cavalry  on  the 
front  were  dashing  about,  while  lines  of  battle  and  columns  of" 
infantry,  in  support  or  reserve,  and  batteries,,  either  in  position  orr 


94  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

getting  into  one,  could  be  seen.  On  the  front  the  artillery  was 
pushed  well  out,  and  a  short  practice  drove  the  rebels  to  their  right. 
The  Sixteenth  Corps  advanced  rapidly  on  the  left  of  our  line,  and 
turned  the  rebels  back.  The  fight  then  rolled  back  to  our  line,  but 
soon  ceased  with  the  retreat  of  the  enemy.  The  rebels  were 
driven  to  and  through  Mansura,  a  distance  of  four  miles,  where 
they  disappeared.  Meanwhile  both  towns  had  fires. 

After  a  halt  of  an  hour  for  lunch,  the  division  was  again  on 
the  road.  At  2  o'clock  five  miles  were  made  from  Mansura,  and 
the  regiment  went  into  camp  and  slept  on  the  bed  of  a  bayou. 

At  3  o'clock  on  the  morning  of  the  17th,  the  division  was 
again  on  the  road,  without  breakfast.  Halted  at  7,  and  made 
coffee.  An  attack  was  made  on  the  rear  of  the  column,  but 
repulsed.  The  Third  Division  marched  beside  the  wagon  train, 
with  an  African  brigade  in  front.  A  dash  was  made  by  the  rebels 
upon  the  train,  ahead  of  the  negroes.  They  pushed  ahead,  repulsed 
the  attack,  and  killed  two  rebels.  One  negro  was  killed  and  two 
wounded,  and  it  was  said  that  a  rebel  captain  killed  both  the 
wounded  men. 

Yellow  bayou  was  reached  in  the  afternoon.  The  trains  were 
closed  up,  and  haste  was  made  to  get  the  Thirteenth  and  Nine 
teenth  Corps  over  before  dark.  The  rebels  were  close  up  and  con 
stantly  firing.  The  two  corps  got  over  and  went  into  camp. 

Early  on  the  18th  firing  began  on  our  pickets  and  outposts. 
The  Sixteenth  Corps  had  been  left  west  of  the  bayou.  General 
Mower's  division  was  on  the  left,  or  the  farthest  west  in  the 
column.  The  rebel  firing  at  2  o'clock  terminated  in  a  determined 
charge  by  a  heavy  force.  The  rebels  had  twelve  pieces  of  artillery 
and  fought  desperately.  Mower  beat  them  back,  only  to  be  again 
driven  by  them.  The  rebels  charged  twice  with  mounted  infantry, 
but  were  repulsed  with  great  loss. 

The  Thirteenth  Corps  was  held  in  camp  all  day.  The  fight 
was  near  enough  to  be  plainly  seen.  The  battle  was  fought  near 
and  on  a  large  deadening.  It  soon  took  fire,  and  the  smoke  and 
flame  more  plainly  marked  the  scene  of  carnage,  and  added  to  its 
horrors. 

During  the  entire  afternoon  the  Thirteenth  Corps  was  in  line, 
expecting  to  be  called  out.  Field  officers  had,  without  orders, 
called  their  regiments  in  line,  anticipating  the  order  to  support  the 
force  in  action.  All  over  the  camp  men  were  at  arms,  artillery 
horses  hitched  up,  officers  in  saddles  all  ready  to  dash  out,  but  no 


ATCHAFALAYA.  95 

orders  came.  All  that  afternoon  General  A.  J.  Smith,  command 
ing  the  Sixteenth  Corps,  and  General  Banks,  commander-in-chief, 
were  at  the  Atchafalaya  bayou,  not  two  miles  from  the  conflict, 
and  neglected  to  give  an  order  that  would  have  sent  15,000  men  to 
the  relief  of  General  Mower's  4,000  that  were  being  slaughtered  by 
8,000  rebels.  Six  hundred  Federal  soldiers  were  killed  and 
wounded  in  this  terrible  fight.  The  rebel  loss  was  1,000.  Many 
wounded  men  were  burned  in  the  tire  of  the  burning  deadening. 

On  the  19th,  the  Third  and  Fourth  Divisions  were  sent  down 
the  Atchafalaya,  in  search  of  rebels.  Found  but  two,  who  were 
couriers,  with  dispatches.  The  divisions  returned  to  the  big  pon 
toon  and  remained  until  morning. 

The  pontoon  was  laid  on  steamers  anchored  close  together. 
String  pieces  were  bolted  down  across  the  decks,  and,  upon  them, 
a  floor  of  the  flat  cypress  rails  of  the  country  was  laid.  It  made  a 
good  bridge,  but  exceedingly  crooked  from  the  unequal  height  and 
length  of  the  boats.  Wagons,  mules  and  men  crossed  on  it.  The 
artillery  was  ferried  over.  On  both  banks  of  the  bayou,  graves 
were  dug  for  the  dead  of  the  day  of  the  fight. 

The  Forty-sixth  passed  over  at  10  o'clock,  the  morning  of  the 
20th,  and  marched  two  miles  down.  Here  the  regiment  received  a 
large  mail,  but  the  pleasure  of  the  occasion  was  clouded  in  finding 
letters  addressed  to  so  many  who  would  never  receive  them.  Let 
ters  were  also  received  from  officers  who  were  in  prison. 

The  march  from  Alexandria  to  the  Atchafalaya  was  continuous. 
There  was  not  a  halt  that  could  be  counted  on  sufficient  for  cook 
ing.  Day  and  night  the  columns  pressed  on,  stopping  a  minute  or 
an  hour,  as  compelled  by  circumstances.  At  each  halt  the  men 
would  lie  down  and  sleep,  or  not,  as  time  permitted,  but  there  was 
no  fixed  time  announced  sufficient  for  rest  or  refreshment.  The 
rebel  army  was  constantly  closely  on  the  rear,  and  kept  the  retir 
ing  columns  always  on  the  alert.  The  sight  of  the  Atchafalaya 
was  most  welcome,  for  it  promised  rest. 

At  3  o'clock  in  the  afternoon,  the  brigade  started  toward  the 
Mississippi,  nine  miles  distant.  The  road  was  blocked,  and  no 
move  forward  was  made  until  11  at  night,  when  the  sleepy  line 
moved  slowly  on.  Frequent  halts  were  made,  lasting  from  five 
minutes  to  half  an  hour. 

At  8  o'clock  orders  were  passed  to  get  breakfast,  and  crackers 
and  coffee  were  enjoyed.  In  a  short  time  the  men  were  gladdened 
with  the  sight  of  the  Mississippi  river.  The  fleet  of  gunboats  and 


96  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

transports  had  already  arrived,  and  were  awaiting  orders.  General 
McGinnis,  with  some  of  his  staff,  had  come  from  New  Orleans  to 
meet  his  division  and  resume  his  command. 

The  Third  Division  had  been  commanded  by  General  Cameron. 
The  First  Brigade  was  under  Colonel  Bringhurst.  The  Twenty- 
fourth  and  Twenty-eighth  Iowa  and  the  Forty-seventh  Indiana 
were  alternately  in  the  First  Brigade.  Colonel  Slack  commanded 
the  Second  Brigade  of  the  Third  Division.  Captain  Henry  Snyder, 
of  Company  E,  had  command  of  the  Forty-sixth  until  he  was 
wounded,  near  Alexandria,  when  he  was  succeeded  by  Captain  Liston. 

Upon  arriving  at  the  river,  the  brigade  pushed  on  toward 
Morganza,  twenty  miles  distant,  marching  until  8  o'clock.  The 
men  laid  down  to  sleep,  where  they  remained  until  3  o'clock  in  the 
morning,  when  they  again  started,  and  reached  Morgan's  Bend  at 
noon. 

And  now  the  unfortunate  Red  river  campaign  was  over.     An 
expedition,  fitted  out  with  the  greatest  care  and  liberality,  had  come- 
to  naught  through  the  neglect  of  the  controlling  officers  to  regard 
the  plainest  military  rules.     Human  life,  money  and  prestige  had 
been  sacrificed  for  nothing. 

To  the  Forty-sixth  the  campaign  had  been  one  of  especial 
hardship  and  suffering.  It  had  marched  and  fought,  almost  con 
tinuously,  from  the  6th  of  March  to  the  22d  of  May.  Its  members - 
had  re-enlisted  on  the  2d  of  January,  under  a  general  and  special 
promise  of  a  thirty-day  furlough  home.  Most  of  the  men  had  not 
seen  their  families  for  over  two  years  and  a  half,  but  were  required 
to  give  up  the  anticipated  pleasure  and  undertake  a  long,  laborious 
and  dangerous  campaign.  The  regiment  had  marched  over  800 
miles,  much  of  it  in  the  night,  and  all  of  it  in  haste.  Comparing 
the  condition  of  the  regiment  now  with  what  it  was  on  re-enlist 
ment,  the  men  remembered  with  sorrow  that  over  a  third  of  their- 
number  now  occupied  a  rebel  prison,  the  hospital  or  the  grave. 

The  furlough  question  had  been  reopened  shortly  after  the 
battle  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  and  the  colonel  was  assured  by 
General  Banks  that  the  regiment  should  go  as  soon  as  possible. 
At  Alexandria  it  was  possible  to  go,  or  at  least  to  start,  and  the- 
order  was  offered  the  regiment  to  go  with  the  Fifty-sixth  Ohio, 
and  many  were  anxious  to  start,  but,  on  the  next  day,  when  the 
men' of  the  Fifty-sixth  came  straggling  back,  leading  their  wounded 
comrades,  it  was  seen  that  it  was  the  better  judgment  that  pre 
ferred  to  wait. 


RETURN    TO    NEW    ORLEANS.  97 

No  difficulty  was  apprehended  in  obtaining  a  furlough  at 
Morganza,  but,  unfortunately,  General  Banks  went  straight  from 
the  Atchaf alaya  to  New  Orleans,  which  threw  the  business  into  new 
hands.  As  soon  as  Morganza  was  reached,  Colonel  Bringhurst 
visited  General  Emory,  the  then  commanding  officer,  and  presented 
the  case.  Emory  was  a  "regular"  officer,  and  had  a  higher  regard 
for  "  red  tape"  than  any  other  solid  commodity.  He  immediately 
fell  back  on  rules  and  regulations,  and  decided  that  the  application 
must  go  on  to  General  Banks  through  the  regular  channel.  This 
would  require  much  time,  and  the  prospect  clouded  again.  Gen 
eral  McGinnis,  and  many  of  the  Indiana  officers,  endeavored  to 
move  Emory,  but  to  no  purpose. 

In  a  few  days  it  was  found  thajt  a  steamer  was  about  starting 
down  the  river,  and  it  was  determined  among  the  officers  that  the 
regiment  would  try  another  plan  to  get  off.  Just  before  the  boat 
was  ready  to  leave,  the  men,  with  their  knapsacks  and  guns,, 
quietly  marched  aboard.  The  steamer  was  loaded  with  army 
wagons,  and  little  room  could  be  found  for  the  men,  but  they 
crowded  in.  The  captain  of  the  boat  made  no  question  about  the 
presence  of  the  regiment,  as  it  was  their  custom  to  take  what  come. 

When  ready,  the  boat  turned  out  into  the  stream,  but  to  the 
dismay  of  the  officers  in  the  plot  she  turned  in  and  landed  at  Gen 
eral  Emory's  headquarters.  The  general's  quartermaster  came  on 
board  to  give  final  orders.  Seeing  the  regiment,  he  inquired  for 
its  authority  to  go.  He  was  told  that  the  colonel  had  the  order. 
Diligent  search  failed  to  find  that  officer,  and  after  considerable 
discussion  he  ordered  the  boat  captain  to  go  on. 

Another  difficulty  arose  before  the  regiment.  It  was  soon 
discovered  that  the  steamer  had  orders  for  Baton  Rouge  and  not 
New  Orleans.  But  it  was  on  the  road  to  the  city,  and  away  from 
General  Emory,  and  there  was  no  fear  that  the  regiment  would  not 
get  through. 

At  Baton  Rouge  the  regiment  went  into  camp  and  awaited 
events.  The  Twenty-fourth  Indiana  was  there,  and  helped  make- 
the  stay  agreeable. 

On  the  third  day  the  "Express,"  a  fine,  large  new  steamer, 
came  down  the  river  and  rounded  to  at  the  landing.  .  The  colonel 
immediately  went  on  board  to  negotiate,  and  in  a  few  minutes  the 
regiment  was  on  the  way  to  the  city.  The  captain  and  the  crew 
treated  the  men  most  hospitably,  and  just  after  daylight  they  were- 
landed  at  Carrollton,  five  miles  above  the  city. 


98  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

On  the  voyage  down,  there  was  some  mystery  about  the  order 
for  the  regiment's  shipment.  When  Adjutant  Watts  could  be 
found  the  colonel  had  it,  and  when  the  latter  was  on  hand  the 
adjutant  had  it. 

At  Carrollton  the  regiment  went  into  camp,  the  best  that  could 
be  done  with  no  equipage,  and  the  colonel  went  to  see  General 
Banks. 

There  was  no  trouble  with  General  Banks.  That  officer  freely 
admitted  all  that  was  claimed  for  the  regiment,  and  suggested 
things  in  their  favor  that  had  not  been  claimed.  He  told  the 
colonel  they  should  have  their  furlough  and  when  they  pleased. 
They  could  go  home  now  or  go  into  camp  and  prepare  for  it.  In 
reply  to  the  question,  "What  does  the  regiment  want?"  the 
colonel  answered,  "  The  men  should  be  paid  to  April  30,  have  new 
clothes,  new  guns,  twenty  days  at  Carrollton,  and  a  furlough  for 
thirty  days." 

The  general  told  the  colonel  he  should  have  it  all,  and  directed 
him  to  make  out  his  requisitions  and  they  should  be  honored. 

The  regiment  went  regularly  into  camp.  It  had  good 
rations,  light  drills,  put  on  good  clothes,  and  in  fifteen  days  was 
ready  for  home. 

In  April,  1864,  an  expedition  of  four  transports  and  gunboats 
went  from  New  Orleans  up  the  Sabine  Pass  into  Calcasieu  bay  for 
cotton.  A  guard  of  thirty-seven  men,  from  the  non-veteran  camp, 
in  charge  of  a  captain  of  the  Thirtieth  Maine,  was  on  the  boats. 
The  fleet  had  arrived  in  the  bay.  The  "  Wave"  and  the  "  Granite 
City,"  while  lying  without  steam,  were  attacked  at  daybreak,  and 
captured.  Among  the  prisoners  were  Maxwell  Reece,  R.  V. 
McDowell,  Hugh  Quinn,  Joshua  T.  Colvin,  Philip  M.  Benjamin 
and  Jacob  Oliver.  These  were  non- veterans  of  the  Forty-sixth. 
Colvin  subsequently  died  in  prison  at  Tyler,  Texas,  and  Oliver  at 
Hempstead. 

About  the  same  date,  John  Shea,  a  non-veteran  of  Company 
D,  was  killed  and  robbed  at  Algiers. 

Wm.  McGlennen,  of  Company  C,  was  shot  and  killed  by  a 
guard,  in  June,  at  Algiers. 


CHAPTER  VII. 

"VACANCIES    AND    PROMOTIONS. —  HOMEWARD    BOUND. —  CAIRO. —  INDIAN 
APOLIS. —  LOGANSrORT. —  ON     THE     RETURN. —  EVANSVILLE. —  MOUNT 

VERNON.  —  GUERRILLAS.  —  MORGANFIELD.  —  HENDERSON.  —  LOUIS 
VILLE. —  LEXINGTON.  —  CATTLETSBURG. — BIG  SANDY. — LOUISA. — PRES- 
TONSBURG. —  COURTS  MARTIAL. —  MUSTERED  OUT. —  HOME. —  JUNE, 

1864 -SEPTEMBER,  1865. 

T)ETWEEN  June,  1864,  and  September,  1865,  when  the  regi- 
J J  ment  was  mustered  out,  the  following  vacancies  and  promo 
tions  occurred: 

Quartermaster  Thomas  A.  Howes  resigned  May  27,  1865; 
"William  S.  Richardson,  of  Company  B,  was  commissioned  in  his 
place. 

First  Lieutenant  William  D.  Schnepp  was  honorably  dis 
charged  September  14,  1864;  Lieutenant  William  Bacome  was 
commissioned  first,  and  Sergeant  Daniel  Earner  second  lieu 
tenant. 

First  Lieutenant  Joseph  Taylor,  of  Company  G,  was  honora 
bly  discharged  November  12,  1864;  Enos  A.  Thomas  was  com- 
-missioned  in  his  place. 

Captain  J.  W.  F.  Liston,  of  Company  I,  resigned  November 
29,  1864;  Corporal  Frederick  Fitch  was  commissioned  for  the 
vacancy,  and  Sergeant  Jacob  S.  McCormick  as  first  lieutenant. 

Captain  James  Hess,  of  Company  G,  was  honorably  discharged 
on  expiration  of  term,  December  14,  1864;  Joseph  L.  Chamberlain 
was  commissioned  to  succeed  him. 

Major  Bernard  F.  Schermerhorn  was  honorably  discharged  on 
expiration  of  term,  December  14, 1864;  Captain  William  M.  DeHart, 
of  Company  D,  was  commissioned  in  his  place. 

Captain  William  A.  Pigman,  of  Company  A,  was  discharged 
by  reason  of  wounds  received  at  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  December  18, 
1864;  he  was  succeeded  by  Lieutenant  James  V.  Brough.  Lieu- 


100  ,  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

tenant  Jonathan  Moore  was  commissioned  first,  and  Levi  C.  Lesourd- 
second  lieutenant. 

Surgeon  Israel  B.  Washburn  was  honorably  discharged  on  expi 
ration  of  term,  December  20,  1864;  he  was  succeeded  by  Assistant. 
Surgeon  Joshua  W.. Underbill.  George  M.  Doane,  of  Company  B,. 
was  commissioned  assistant  surgeon. 

Captain  John  G.  Troxell,  of  Company  C,  was  honorably  dis 
charged  on  expiration  of  term,  December  20,  1864.  Sergeant 
Joseph  Henderson  was  commissioned  first,  and  Sergeant  Williarm 
Bacome  second  lieutenant. 

First  Lieutenant  Charles  A.  Brownlie,  of  Company  D,  was 
honorably  discharged  on  expiration  of  term,  December  28,  1864;, 
Abram  B.  Herman  was  commissioned  to  succeed  him.  Sergeant 
Andrew  J.  Lovenger  was  commissioned  second  lieutenant. 

Captain  James  H.  Brown,  of  Company  H,  was  honorably  dis 
charged  on   expiration   of   term,  December  28,  1864;    Lieutenant- 
James  F.  Mitchell  was  commissioned  first,  and  Sergeant  Martin  L. 
Burson  second  lieutenat. 

First  Lieutenant  Jacob  S.  McCormick,  of  Company  I,  was 
honorably  discharged  on  expiration  of  term,  December  28,  1864;. 
Albert  S.  Abbott  was  commissioned  in  his  place,  and  Sergeant 
Robert  H.  Martin  second  lieutenant. 

Captain  Robert  M.  Shields,  of  Company  K,  was  honorably 
discharged  on  account  of  expiration  of  term,  December  28,  1864;, 
he  was  succeeded  by  Lieutenant  Chester  Chamberlain.  George  C. 
Horn  was  commissioned  first,  and  John  VanMeter  second  lieu 
tenant. 

Captain  Frank  Swigart,  of  Company  B,  resigned  October  12, 
1864,  on  account  of  wounds  received  at  Sabine  Cross  Roads;  Theo 
dore  B.  Forgy  was  commissioned  captain,  Theophilus  P.  Rodgers 
first,  and  Marcellus  H.  Nash  second  lieutenant. 

Captain  Henry  Snyder,  of  Company  E,  was  honorably  dis 
charged  October  14,  1864,  on  account  of  wounds  received  at  Sabine 
Cross  Roads;  Charles  F.  Fisher  was  commissioned  captain,  Ellis 
Hughes  first  and  Abram  F.  Hunter  second  lieutenant. 

Adjutant  James  M.  Watts  was  mustered  out  March  24,  1865V 
for  promotion  in  the  One  Hundred  and  Fiftieth  regiment;  Augustus- 
L.  Sinks,  of  Company  K,  was  commissioned  for  the  vacancy. 

On  the  15th  of  June,  1864,  the  "Sultana,"  a  fine  large  trans 
port,  rounded  to  at  the  landing  and  called  for  the  Forty-sixth. 
The  men  soon  packed  up,  and,  with  innumerable  specimens  of  the- 


HOMEWARD    BOUND.  101 

-animal  and  vegetable  kingdom,  in  boxes  and  cages,  made  a  forced 
march  for  the  steamer.  In  an  hour  everything  was  stowed  and 
arranged,  and  the  men,  anticipating  the  voyage  and  the  visit  home, 
pronounced  themselves  perfectly  happy. 

Without  accident  or  any  unusual  occurrence,  the  regiment,  in 
a  few  days,  made  the  landing  at  Cairo.  The  colonel  immediately 
called  on  the  post  quartermaster,  with  a  requisition  for  transporta 
tion,  by  rail,  to  Indianapolis.  Looking  at  the  paper,  the  official 
noticed  an  item  specifying  sundry  horses,  and  inquired  if  it  was 
a  cavalry  regiment.  He  was  informed  that  it  was  not;  neither 
was  it  an  artillery  organization.  The  official  then  wanted  an 
explanation  of  the  presence  of  six  horses  in  an  infantry  regiment 
on  furlough.  He  said  the  order  required  transportation  for  so 
many  men  and  officers,  and  he  would  not  transport  the  horses. 

The  quartermaster  was  told  that  the  men  and  horses  went 
together;  that  if  the  horses  could  not  go  the  men  would  not.  The 
colonel  then  made  requisition  for  three  days'  rations  and  ordered 
the  men  into  camp.  The  quartermaster  told  the  colonel  to  move 
back  off  the  levee,  but  the  men  were  ordered  to  occupy  a  place  on 
the  front,  which  they  did,  and  were  soon  at  cooking.  The  city 
marshal  tried  to  effect  a  removal,  but  he  was  referred  to  the  quar 
termaster  as  the  person  who  could  relieve  the  town  of  the  regiment. 

After  dark  the  regiment  seemed  to  become  more  numerous 
and  expressive.  Cooking  was  going  on  in  many  unnecessary 
places,  and  the  merchants  began  to  complain.  At  10  o'clock  the 
quartermaster  sent  down  orders  for  transportation  for  horses  and  all. 

The  men  filled  the  box  cars,  enjoyed  a  good  sleep,  and,  at 
early  morn,  were  in  Indianapolis. 

The  line  was  formed,  and  the  regiment  marched  to  the 
Soldier's  Home. 

The  Indianapolis  Journal  of  June  23  thus  speaks  of  the  regi 
ment: 

"The reception  and  welcome  of  the  Forty-sixth  Indiana  took  place  yes 
terday,  as  announced,  at  the  Soldier's  Home  and  State-House  Park.  The 
column  was  formed  at  the  Home  at  11.30,  and  with  the  Colonel  and  Colonel 
James  Blake  at  the  head,  escorted  by  the  regimental  and  Hahn's  bands, 
marched  up  Washington  street  to  East,  and  back  again  to  the  Home,  where 
a  bountifnl  dinner  was  served  by  the  ladies.  It  was  partaken  of  by  the 
regiment  with  a  quiet  satisfaction  very  becoming  and  gratifying  to  those 
who  served  it.  The  marching  of  the  regiment  through  the  city  attracted 
attention,  particularly  for  the  manly  bearing  and  handsome  dress  of  the  men, 
-and  the  excellent  condition  of  their  arms.  *  *  After  dinner  the 


102  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

regiment  again  marched  up  Washington  street,  countermarched,  and  went 
to  the  State-house,  where  a  large  number  of  citizens,  mostly  ladies,  had 
assembled  to  hear  the  welcome  of  the  Governor,  and  other  speeches.  * 

"Governor  Morton,  in  his  address,  said:  '  This  reception  was  given  as 
a  testimonial  of  the  regard  in  which  the  Indiana  soldiers  were  held  by  their 
friends  here  and  throughout  the  State.  He  said  the  history  of  all  the  Indi 
ana  regiments  was  the  same  in  one  grand  particular  —  they  all  had  done 
their  duty,  honoring  the  cause  and  the  State.  *  The  Indiana  soldiers 
have  a  double  motive  for  doing  well;  first,  because  it  is  their  principle  to  do 
so,  and  second,  because  an  unjust  stain  had  been  cast  upon  their  valor  by  a 
colonel  of  the  Second  Indiana,  at  Beuna  Vista.  The  history  of  that  regi 
ment  proved  it  a  true  regiment;  but  a  mistake  was  made,  and  a  wicked  col 
lusion  between  its  colonel  and  Jeff  Davis,  had  cast  an  unjust  blame  on  the 
regiment.  But  that  slander  had  been  turned  against  its  authors,  and,  to-day, 
Indiana  soldiers  stand  as  high  in  public  estimation  as  those  of  any  State.' 

"The  Governor  feelingly  alluded  to  the  many  brave  men  of  the 
regiment  who  had  fallen,  and  who  will  be  remembered  as  the  noble  dead. 
The  Governor  then  rehearsed  the  principal  events  in  the  history  of  the 
regiment,  and  said  it  had  been  one  of  the  first  to  re-enlist,  and  should  have 
come  home  long  ago,  but  the  exigencies  of  the  service  demanded  more  work, 
and  it  was  on  hand  for  duty.  He  wished  to  thank  them  particularly  on 
behalf  of  the  loyal  and  grateful  people  of  Indiana  for  the  proudest  act  in 
their  career,  their  re-enlistment,  as  well  as  for  all  the  other  good  they  had 
done. 

"Colonel  James  Blake,  representing  the  Mayor,  welcomed  the  veterans 
home.  He  said  he  wanted  to  welcome  them  especially  on  behalf  of  their  vet 
eran  lady  friends,  some  of  whom  they  had  met  at  the  Soldier's  Home.  These 
ladies  had  become  veterans  by  their  constant  and  untiring  service  for  the 
soldier.  He  also  welcomed  them  to  the  city  on  behalf  of  the  business  men, 
who  had  never  failed  to  sustain  the  soldier.  He  honored  the  regiment  for 
its  manly  bearing;  they  looked  and  acted  like  men  who  knew  and  respected 
their  relation  to  society,  to  the  country,  and  to  one  another.  The  officers 
seemed  to  recognize  their  true  position,  and  their  relations  with  the  men 
seemed  fraternal. 

"Hearty  cheers  were  then  given  for  the  Governor,  Colonel  Blake  and 
the  ladies.  Colonel  Bringhurst  made  an  appropriate  response  to  the  Gov 
ernor  and  Colonel  Blake." 

The  regiment  reached  Logansport  on  the  afternoon  of  June  23. 
The  following  account  of  its  reception,  from  the  Logansport  Journal 
of  the  25th,  correctly  represents  the  warm  welcome  accorded  it: 

"A  multitude,  numbering  thousands,  gathered  at  the  depot  to  welcome 
them,  and  they  were  somewhat  disappointed  when  the  train  stopped  and  no 
soldiers  made  their  appearance.  But  the  disappointment  was  soon  turned 
to  rejoicing  when  it  was  discovered  that  the  officers,  by  a  wise  strategem, 
had  stopped  the  soldiers  at  a  place  where  the  regiment  could  be  formed 


AT    HOME.  103 

without  interference  from  the  crowd  of  friends  who  had  assembled  to  greet 
its  arrival. 

"The  regiment  soon  made  its  appearance,  headed  by  its  own  martial 
band,  marching  by  column  of  companies.  At  the  foot  of  Fourth  street,  the 
Logan  Band  took  the  front  and  the  Logan  Union  Silver  Band  brought  up 
the  rear. 

"The  regiment,  escorted  by  thousands  of  citizens,  marched  up  Fourth 
street  to  Market,  up  Market  to  Seventh,  down  Seventh  to  Broadway,  down 
Broadway  to  Fourth,  and  up  Fourth  to  the  Court-house,  where  it  was  formed 
in  column  of  division,  when  Judge  Biddle  welcomed  the  soldiers  in  an 
eloquent  address;  after  which  occurred  the  most  beautiful  incident  of  the 
occasion:  two  hundred  little  girls,  appropriately  dressed  in  the  national 
colors,  advanced  and  presented  a  beautiful  bouquet  to  every  officer  and 
soldier.  This  tribute  of  the  children  to  valor  and  patriotism  will  long  be 
remembered  by  the  brave  men  to  whom  it  was  paid. 

"The  men  then  stacked  arms  and  surrounded  the  two  long  tables,  set 
in  the  yard,  which  fairly  groaned  under  the  weight  of  good  things  which 
the  patriotic  ladies  of  the  city  had  prepared  for  the  occasion. 

***  #*#•*** 

"  After  dinner  a  short  time  was  spent  in  giving  and  receiving  the  warm 
greetings  of  friends  long  parted,  when  the  regiment  was  again  formed  and 
marched  to  Market  space  for  dress  parade.  The  proficiency  of  the  regiment 
for  drill  was  fully  established  by  its  performance  on  the  march,  and  at  the 
parade. 

"It  will  be  the  pride  and  pleasure  of  our  citizens  to  make  the  short  visit 
of  these,  our  war-worn  veterans,  as  pleasant  as  possible,  as  it  will  be  their 
pleasure  ever  to  cherish  in  grateful  remembrance  their  toils  and  sacrifices  in 
defense  of  our  institutions. 

"While  rejoicing  in  the  presence  of  our  returned  friends  we  do  not 
forget  those  of  their  comrades  who  having  made  their  last  sacrifice,  now 
repose  in  our  cemeteries,  upon  the  banks  of  the  "Father  of  Waters,"  or  in 
unknown  graves.  Their  memory  shall  ever  be  fresh  in  our  hearts.  Nor  do 
we  forget  those  who  are  captives,  far  from  friends  and  home.  For  them 
our  prayers  ascend.  At  home  or  at  the  front,  sick,  wounded  or  prisoners, 
our  soldiers  will  receive  the  warm  sympath}1"  of  the  loyal  men  of  the  coun 
try;  and  when  Peace  shall  spread  her  wings  over  our  distracted  land  they 
will  be  the  honored  sons  of  a  grateful  people,  transmitting  a  rich  legacy  of 
heroic  patriotism  to  the  generations  who  shall  succeed  them." 

Before  the  dinner,  Judge  Biddle  delivered  an  address,  which 
was  listened  to  by  citizens  and  soldiers  with  deep  attention.  He 
said: 

OFFICERS  AND  SOLDIERS  OF  THE  FORTY-SIXTH: 

VETERANS:  In  the  name  of  this  city  and  county,  I  welcome  you 
home.  In  the  name  of  the  State  of  Indiana,  in  the  name  of  the  United 
States  —  for,  thank  God,  by  the  courage  and  patriotism  of  our  noble  soldiers, 


104  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

we  still  have  a  United  States  —  I  welcome  you  home.  In  the  name  of  liberty 
and  humanity,  I  welcome  you  home.  Thrice  welcome  to  your  homes  and 
friends. 

Nearly  three  years  ago  you  pledged  your  lives  to  the  standard  of  your 
country;  you  were  organized  and  left  for  the  field.  You  went  to  Camp 
Wickliffe,  thence,  by  the  river  fleet,  to  Commerce  and  to  Island  No.  10, 
where  you  aided  in  flanking  the  enemy  in  that  stronghold.  At  New  Madrid 
you  were  introduced  to  the  fire  of  the  enemy,  and,  with  your  comrades, 
made  him  surrender  the  post.  Next,  at  Riddle's  Point,  you  alone  sustained 
yourselves  against  the  terrible  and  galling  fire  of  five  rebel  gunboats.  Do 
you  remember  that?  Do  you  remember  the  toil  of  that  long,  gloomy  and 
weary  night,  during  which  you  gained  your  position  ?  Aye,  you  remember 
it;  your  country  remembers  it.  From  this  well-fought  field,  you  went  with 
General  Pope's  fleet  down  the  Mississippi  river  to  Fort  Pillow,  where  you 
remained  some  weeks  with  the  Forty-third,  and  left  it  not  until  you  had 
planted  the  flag  of  your  country — this  flag — on  the  ramparts  of  the  enemy. 
Thence  down  the  river  to  Memphis,  where  you  tore  down  to  the  dust  the 
defiant  flag  of  the  rebellion,  and  felled  its  towering  staff  to  the  earth.  The 
trophy  was  secured  by  your  hands.  Soon  after  this  you  went  up  White 
river  to  relieve  General  Curtis.  In  this  expedition  with  our  gunboats  you 
suffered  severely  with  heat  and  toil,  but  you  humbled  the  enemy  of  your 
country,  and  rebuked  him  for  his  inhumanity.  At  St.  Charles  you  witnessed 
the  terrible  explosion  of  the  Mound  City,  and  the  heart-rending  sufferings 
of  your  comrades  in  arms.  But  we  cannot  tarry.  You  descended  the  river 
to  Helena,  where  you  did  good  service  in  opening  rivers,  skirmishing,  etc., 
for  several  weeks,  and  where  the  memorable  repulse  of  the  arrant  rebel, 
Price,  took  place.  At  Pemberton  you  fought  right  under  the  bristling  guns 
of  the  fort,  and  within  a  few  yards  of  our  own  gunboat  Chillicothe.  The 
courage  of  man  was  seldom  more  severely  tried  than  yours  in  this  fight,  and 
never  was  the  test  better  withstood.  Next,  before  Vicksburg;  then  through 
all  those  severe  battles  at  Port  Gibson,  Champion  Hills,  Jackson  and  other 
places  on  the  route,  when  not  only  your  prowess  in  battle,  but  your  strength 
of  endurance  in  toiling  and  marching,  was  proved  to  be  of  the  first  order. 
After  beating  and  chasing  the  enemy  in  every  direction,  he  was  invested  at 
Vicksburg,  where  you  lay  in  the  trenches  during  forty-three  days,  toiling 
and  fighting  until  he  fell,  and  you  entered  the  city  with  your  comrades  in 
triumph.  Then,  the  day  after  the  surrender,  you  marched  to  Jackson,  where 
you  completed  the  triumph  of  the  campaign.  From  this  place  you  were 
taken  to  New  Orleans.  Then  your  expedition  into  Texas  and  battle  at 
Carancro  bayou,  La.,  will  be  ever  memorable.  Back  to  New  Orleans;  and 
here  you  did  one  of  the  noblest  acts  of  your  lives  —  you  re-enlisted  f>»r 
the  war — and  it  was  the  desire  of  the  Government  then  to  give  you 
the  furlough  which  you  are  now  about  to  enjoy,  but  the  exigency  of  the 
service  would  not  allow  it;  you  submitted  cheerfully,  as  became  good  sol 
diers  and  true  patriots.  Hence  you  were  taken  into  the  severe  campaign  of 
Red  river,  where  our  arms,  for  a  time,  were  unfortunate.  Under  every 
disaster,  you  comported  yourselves  as  veterans,  and  wherever  the  fault 


AGAIN    TO    THE    FIELD.  105 

might  be,  if  fault  there  was,  no  part  of  it  was  attached  to  the  glorious  and 
gallant  Forty-sixth. 

"You  are  now  before  us,  but  where  are  the  comrades  in  arms  that 
went  out  with  you,  1,000  strong,  to  do  battle  for  the  country  and  for  man 
kind,  while  you,  less  than  200,  have  returned?  Alas!  they  are  not  here. 
Some  are  languishing  in  exile  as  prisoners  of  war,  but  their  hearts  are  with 
us  and  our  hearts  are  with  them.  Others  are  lying  buried  along  the  valleys 
of  the  Mississippi  and  White  rivers,  and  on  the  plains  of  Red  river,  but 
their  spirits  are  with  us  now.  Your  comrades  who  are  prisoners,  will  soon 
be  exchanged  and  return  to  our  arms;  but  for  those  who  are  locked  in  the 
prison-house  of  death,  there  is  no  return  to  us.  We  must  follow  them. 
Sad  is  the  suggestion  of  your  return  to  those  whose  sons  and  brothers  have 
perished  in  battle.  Let  us  weep  with  them  for  a  time,  for  tears  not  ill 
become  the  brave.  *  *  *  But  it  is  a  noble  death  to  die  for  one's  country. 
How  can  we  die  nobler  or  better? 

"Thus  have  I  briefly  traced  your  course  from  your  departure  to  your 
return.  Fond  hearts  and  tearful  eyes  have  followed  and  watched  your 
every  step  and  every  deed,  daily  and  hourly,  during  your  absence.  While 
you  are  with  us,  as  you  have  done  in  the  field,  prove  yourselves  triumphant. 

"You  have  brought  home  the  rugged  laurels  of  the  soldier,  and  inno 
cent  maidens  will  give  you  wreaths  of  flowers  to  twine  with  them.  They 
welcome  you  back  from  your  dangers.  Their  tender  arms  ill  befit  the 
battlefield,  and  they  look  to  you  for  protection.  You  will  give  it  to  them. 
Remember,  each  one  of  you  is  dear  to  some  heart,  and  I  trust  that  each  of 
you  has  some  object  of  love,  reverence  or  affection  to  keep  your  hearts  true 
to  yourselves,  your  country  and  your  God." 

On  the  conclusion  of  the  dress  parade,  the  regiment  was  dis 
missed  until  the  26th  of  July,  when  it  would  be  necessary  to  return 
to  the  field. 

On  the  20th  of  July  the  colonel  published  an  order  requiring 
the  members  of  the  regiment  to  assemble  at  Logansport,  on  the 
26th.  At  the  appointed  time,  every  one  was  present  excepting 
three,  who  were  sick.  A  difficulty  in  obtaining  transportation  pre 
vented  the  departure  until  the  27th,  when  the  regiment  started  for 
Indianapolis,  by  way  of  Lafayette.  The  Capital  was  reached  in 
the  evening,  and  the  regiment  took  up  quarters  in  the  general 
camp  of  the  State. 

On  the  28th,  an  order  was  received  from  General  Heintzleman, 
requiring  the  Forty-third  and  Forty-sixth  to  remain  until  further 
orders. 

The  regiment  remained  quietly  in  camp  until  the  llth  of 
August,  when  orders  were  received  for  an  immediate  march.  On 
the  12th,  the  regiment  took  the  cars  for  Evansville.  Arrived  at 
Terre  Haute  at  2  p.  M.  Met  exaggerated  rumors  of  the  devastation 


106  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

being  wrought  by  the  rebels  on  the  river.  Arrived  at  Evansville 
at  dark,  where  the  regiment  was  quartered  on  a  wharfboat,  and,  in 
the  morning,  the  men  were  pleased  in  being  led  to  a  beautiful 
grove  half  a  mile  from  town. 

At  3  o'clock  on  the  next  (Sunday)  morning,  the  word  came 
that  the  rebels  were  crossing  the  river  at  Shawneetown,  twenty- 
three  miles  below  by  land.  At  9  o'clock,  the  regiment  was  on 
an  old  mail  boat,  and  steaming  down  the  river.  At  6  p.  M.  the 
regiment  landed  at  Mount  Vernon.  Here  the  people  were  all  under 
arms.  The  "legion"  had  flowed  in  from  the  surrounding  country, 
and  everybody  was  awraiting  an  attack.  Firing  had  been  heard  at 
Shawneetown,  up  to  noon,  but  none  since,  so  it  was  surmised  that, 
the  war  would  soon  begin.  The  artillery  was  in  battery  on  the 
levee,  and  the  river  front  was  covered  with  people.  The  regiment 
was  received  with  hearty  cheers.  General  Hovey  was  home  on 
leave,  and  the  men  were  rejoiced  to  see  him. 

The  regiment  marched  to  the  Court-house  square,  and  pre 
pared  to  spend  the  night.  The  citizens  furnished  an  abundance 
of  coffee. 

At  midnight  a  courier  from  below  reported  the  rebels  in  posses 
sion  of  several  boats  and  a  force  sufficient  to  attack  Shawneetown 
and  Mount  Vernon.  About  that  time  a  railroad  ferryboat,  from 
Pittsburg,  bound  for  the  Mississippi,  rounded  to  at  the  landing. 
It  was  new  and  capable  of  carrying  a  thousand  men.  The  colonel 
impressed  the  boat,  and,  before  daylight,  the  regiment  was  on 
board  and  on  the  way  down  the  river,  without  the  knowledge  of 
the  good  people  of  Mount  Vernon. 

The  rebel  towns  along  the  river  were  passed  without  molesta 
tion,  and  the  boats  reached  Shawneetown  at  10  o'clock.  Along 
the  Illinois  and  Indiana  side  of  the  river  the  boat  passed  continu 
ous  squads  of  the  legion  rushing  to  the  front. 

At  Shawneetown  the  people  were  all  on  hand.  They  extended 
a  hearty  welcome  to  the  regiment.  That  point  being  safe,  it  was 
concluded  to  go  on  to  Sabine  river,  where  the  rebels  were.  A 
six-pound  gun  was  borrowed,  and  the  ferryboat  again  pushed  out. 
The  legion  wanted  to  go,  and  it  was  with  difficulty  that  they  were 
kept  off,  so  anxious  were  they  for  gore.  The  seat  of  war  was 
reached  at  2  o'clock.  The  rebels  had  fallen  back,  leaving  a  small 
force  on  the  river.  A  small  gunboat,  the  Fairplay,  on  which  were 
Lieutenants  Washington  Coulson  and  George  Groves,  of  Logans- 
port,  was  shelling  the  rebels  on  the  bank.  After  notifying  the 


MORGANFIELD.  10T 

gunboat,  the  regiment  landed  and  skirmished  inland,  driving  the- 
rebels  before  it.  Finding  no  force  that  would  stand,  in  an  hour 
the  regiment  returned  to  the  boat.  The  barges  and  boats  of  the 
rebels  were  destroyed.  The  three  steamers  captured  by  the  rebels 
had  been  released  by  them.  They  were  loaded  with  cattle  for 
Sherman,  and,  when  the  approach  of  the  rebels  was  noticed,  the- 
cattle  were  thrown  into  the  river.  The  most  of  them  were  saved;, 
those  that  swam  to  the  Kentucky  side  were  lost,  except  a  few  that 
were  subsequently  recovered  by  the  Forty-sixth. 

The  regiment  returned  to  Shawneetown  to  arrange  a  raid 
inland.  The  ferryboat  was  returned  to  the  party  in  charge,  with 
thanks,  and  the  regiment  occupied  the  "Jennie  Hopkins,"  one  of 
the  captured  boats. 

The  regiment  then  returned  to  Mount  Vernon,  and  became  part 
of  a  force  organized  for  a  raid  into  Kentucky,  toward  Morganfield,. 
by  General  Hovey. 

On  the  morning  of  the  arrival  of  the  regiment  at  Mount  Vernon,, 
Dan  Rice's  circus  boat  came  up  to  the  landing.  It  made  quite  an. 
imposing  appearance.  Its  band  played  its  most  seductive  airs,  and" 
the  lady  and  gentlemen  actors  displayed  their  gayest  attire.  With 
the  soldiers  in  town,  the  management  calculated  on  a  crowded 
house  and  large  receipts.  But  in  a  little  while  the  horses  were- 
impressed  to  haul  the  artillery,  and  some  of  the  show  animals  to 
mount  the  men.  Lamentation  abounded  on  the  circus  boat  that 
day,  but  the  company  still  had  hope,  and  went  on  with  the  prepa 
rations  necessary  for  a  regular  performance  in  the  evening. 

While  at  Indianapolis  some  designing  men  had  imposed  upon 
the  boys  a  lot  of  advertisements,  in  the  semblance  of  greenbacks. 
They  looked  very  much  like  live-dollar  bills.  On  the  morning 
after  the  show  the  treasurer  of  the  institution  waited  on  the  colonel 
with  a  package  of  the  bills,  and  requested  fifty  dollars  in  lieu  of  it. 
His  explanation  of  the  transaction  was  that  he  had  received  them  at- 
the  circus  entrance.  He  had  marveled  at  the  predominance  of  five- 
dollar  bills,  but  had  suspected  nothing,  and  had  promptly  made 
change.  The  treasurer  recapitulated  the  items  in  the  company's 
bad  luck,  and  promised  to  collect  full  damages  from  the  govern 
ment. 

The  preparations  for  the  Kentucky  raid  were  hastily  made  at 
Mount  Vernon.  A  detatchment  of  cavalry  militia  came  from  Evans- 
ville  by  land,  and  a  battery  of  four  guns  by  the  river.  The  coun 
try  around  Mount  Vernon  turned  out  about  200  men  on  foot,  and  a. 


108  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

«company  of  cavalry.  A  battery  of  two  guns  went  from  Mount 
Yernon.  To  mount  the  cavalry  and  haul  the  guns,  horses  were 
impressed.  Some  were  contributed.  The  Thirty-second  Indiana, 
which  was  at  Indianapolis  for  discharge,  joined  the  expedition. 

The  cavalry  marched  along  the  river  opposite  Uniontown. 
The  infantry  and  artillery  left  Mount  Yernon  on  the  17th  on  the 
transports  '-Jennie  Hopkins,"  "General  Halleck"  and  the  "Cot 
tage."  These  were  found  to  be  overloaded.  A  portion  of  the 
men  was  transferred  to  the  circus  boat,  and  she  was  compelled  to 
•make  the  trip.  The  company  had  recovered  its  good  humor,  and 
the  members  were  waving  adieus  to  the  soldiers  from  their  deck. 
The  band  was  playing  patriotic  airs,  when  the  rush  of  soldiers  on 
the  boat  changed  the  situation. 

The  expedition,  with  the  Forty-sixth  in  advance,  landed  at 
Uniontown,  and  placed  guards  around  the  town.  The  circus  boat 
•came  in  last,  and  the  company  was  again  in  good  humor.  The 
"band  was  playing  and  the  ladies  were  waving  their  handkerchiefs. 
Horses  were  obtained  to  relieve  the  circus  company,  when  it 
made  haste  to  leave  for  a  more  profitable  country. 

At  2  o'clock  the  column  was  on  the  march  for  Morganfield, 
eight  miles  distant.  Rebels  were  met  at  different  points,  but  they 
fled  without  a  fight. 

On  the  18th,  General  Paine  arrived  with  a  force  from  Paducah, 
not  knowing  that  General  Hovey  had  left  Mount  Yernon.  Major 
•General  Hughes,  of  the  Indiana  malitia,  was  also  on  the  ground. 

On  the  19th,  the  column  started  for  Henderson,  twenty-five  miles 
distant,  on  the  river.  At  Smith's  mills  a  squad  of  rebels  were  met 
and  captured.  Henderson  was  reached  at  2  o'clock  on  the  20th, 
when  the  motley  collection  of  soldiers  was  disposed  of.  Boats 
were  sent  to  Evansville  and  to  Mount  Yernon.  Trouble  arose  about 
the  destination  of  some  fifty  negroes,  who  had  followed  the  column 
to  the  river,  The  draft  order  was  in  force  and  the  negroes  were 
•good  for  substitutes.  Both  the  towns  named  wanted  the  negroes, 
and  the  crowd  went  from  boat  to  boat,  as  the  inducement  of  either 
boat  predominated.  Finally,  it  was  discovered  that  a  comely 
•colored  girl  was  the  ruling  factor  in  the  business.  The  people  of 
-one  town  captured  the  girl  and  led  the  entire  party  to  their  boat. 

The  Forty-sixth  remained  at  Henderson  until  4  o'clock  on  the 
.2 1st,  when  it  left  that  city  and  arrived  at  Evansville  at  5  o'clock. 
William  Dillon,  of  Company  G,  the  only  member  of  the  regiment 
Injured,  was  seriously  shot  in  the  leg. 


LEXINGTON.  109* 

The  regiment  left  Evansville  on  the  morning  of  the  24th  of 
August,  for  Louisville,  which  was  reached  before  daylight  on  the- 
26th.  Just  before  landing  at  Portland  a  rebel  prisoner  fell  over 
board.  It  was  never  known  whether  he  reached  the  shore  or  the- 
bottom.  . 

The  regiment  marched  the  three  miles  between  Portland  and 
Louisville  in  a  flood  of  rain,  and  found  no  quarters  prepared  for 
it.  Quarters  were  finally  secured  in  some,  old  barracks,  formerly 
occupied  by  prisoners  or  passing  troops. 

At  9  o'clock  on  the  27th  the  regiment  was  loaded  into  box 
cars,  which  had  just  brought  in  a  load  of  horses,  and  started  for 
Lexington. 

At  Lexington  the  post  was  in  charge  of  a  Kentucky  regiment, 
as  a  provost  guard,  which  was  not  remarkable  for  good  discipline,, 
cleanliness  or  general  efficiency.  As  soon  as  the  Forty-sixth  had, 
settled  in  camp  the  men  polished  up  and  a  dress  parade  was  had 
at  the  Court-house  square.  All  did  and  looked  well,  and  the  next, 
day  the  Kentucky  regiment  was  relieved  and  the  Forty-sixth  put 
on  provost  duty. 

A  review  was  held  by  General  Burbridge.  Six  regiments  of 
infantry,  two  of  cavalry  and  a  battery  were  in  line.  The  appear 
ance  of  the  Forty-sixth  satisfied  its  friends. 

On  the  morning  of  the  13th  the  regiment  left  Lexington  for 
Cincinnati,  and  on  the  14th,  in  the  evening,  crossed  the  river  and 
went  on  board  the  "Cottage,  No.  2,"  and,  at  11  o'clock,  started 
up  the  river.  The  boat  was  crowded  with  military  stores  for  the 
Big  Sandy,  and  the  accommodations  for  the  men  were  bad.  Com 
pany  B  was  left  at  Covington  to  bring  up  property  unavoidably 
left.  Arrived  at  Cattletsburg  on  the  16th,  and  the  freight  and 
Companies  C,  E,  G  and  K  were  loaded  on  five  very  small  steamers- 
and  started  up  the  Big  Sandy.  Companies  A,  E,  D  and  H  marched 
by  the  road.  The  former,  after  much  difficulty  from  low  water,, 
reached  Louisa,  twenty-five  miles,  on  the  morning  of  the  18th. 
The  others  arrived  in  the  afternoon. 

At  Louisa  the  stores  and  regimental  property  were  loaded  on 
push  boats.  Companies  C  and  G  first  started  with  three  boats,, 
the  men  having  been  furnished  with  convenient  poles  for  pushing, 
and,  as  the  boats  with  their  crews  passed  the  soldiers  on  shore,, 
those  afloat  were  benefitted  with  instructions  and  advice  unlimited. 
The  men  had  no  experience  in  this  sort  of  navigation,  and  were  not 
expert  in  the  use  of  poles.  The  propelling  power  would  be 


110  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

unequally  applied,  and  the  vessel  would  turn  around,  go  back,  or 
get  aground.  The  distance  to  be  made  in  this  way  was  forty-two 
miles. 

On  the  next  day,  Company  F  shouldered  poles  and  started 
with  a  boat,  with  instructions  not  to  run  into  the  boats  ahead,  and 
Companies  I,  E  and  K  started  along  the  bank.  Companies  A  and 
H  remained  at  Louisa,  as  a  guard.  Company  B  arrived  on  the 
19th  and  marched  by  land. 

Rations  and  forage  had  been  brought  up  by  flats.  From 
Louisa,  there  was  no  wagon  road.  The  work  of  bringing  up  the 
stores  was  done,  mainly,  by  the  Forty-sixth.  The  men  cheerfully 
did  all  the  duty  required  of  them,  and  it  proved  the  hardest  of 
their  experience.  They  were  wet  nearly  all  the  time,  and  without 
shelter  at  night.  When  the  water  was  low,  the  men  were  com 
pelled  to  get  into  the  river  and  work  the  boats  over  shoals.  The 
exposure  and  fatigue  were  constant.  Some  of  the  boats  were  ten 
days  on  the  trip.  The  cargoes  were  wet  by  the  rain,  and  spoiled. 
Lieutenant  Brownlie  had  charge  of  a  crew  that  was  particularly 
unfortunate.  He  "stuck,"  a  few  miles  below  Prestonburg,  and 
reported  that  the  rain  had  started  the  oats,  with  which  he  was 
loaded,  to  growing,  and  that  there  was  a  good  pasture  all  over  the 
boat  from  the  new  crop,  growing  through  the  sacks. 

The  Burbridge  expedition  started  on  the  28th  of  September 
from  Prestonsburg.  It  was  composed  entirely  of  cavalry  and 
mounted  infantry,  with  two  howitzers.  There  were  no  wagons  or 
.ambulances.  The  objective  point  was  supposed  to  be  Abington, 
Virginia,  where  extensive  salt  works  were  said  to  be  in  operation. 

The  Forty-sixth  was  to  remain  at  Prestonsburg,  protect  the 
rear  and  bring  forage  up  from  Louisa.  The  duty  of  the  regiment 
was  not  light.  The  river  rose  ten  feet  and  wrecked  every  boat 
that  was  on  the  raging  deep,  and  the  storm-tossed  mariners 
straggled  into  camp  in  a  famishing  condition.  On  the  6th  of 
October  the  expedition  began  to  straggle  in.  Generals  Burbridge 
and  McLain,  with  their  staff  and  escorts,  came  in  and  went  down 
the  river  on  a  flat.  The  head  of  the  column,  under  General  Hob- 
son,  made  its  appearance  the  next  day.  The  expedition  had  failed, 
and  with  great  loss.  There  were  not  less  than  400  wounded, 
beside  from  100  to  200  killed.  The  town  seemed  to  be  covered 
with  wounded,  particularly  colored  men.  The  Forty-sixth  was 
again  left  to  take  care  of  the  wounded  and  the  prisoners,  and  ship 
out  the  forage. 


PRESTONSBUKG.  Ill 

The  last  of  the  expedition  had  come  in,  and,  with  General 
Hobson,  started  for  Mount  Sterling  and  Lexington  by  the  10th. 
They  left  Prestonsburg  covered  with  property,  and  wounded  men 
and  hundreds  of  horses  were  without  care.  Boats  from  below  were 
due,  but  it  was  found  that  boats  bound  up  had  been  turned  back 
by  troops  going  down,  and  it  became  certain  that  only  one  could 
be  depended  on.  In  addition  to  a  large  amount  of  stores,  there 
were  300  sick  and  wounded.  The  rebel  prisoners  numbered  sixty. 
They  had  been  hurried  along  with  the  cavalry,  and  were  not  in  a 
condition  to  walk.  These  were  mounted  on  horses,  and,  under 
guard,  sent  toward  Louisa.  The  stores  were  piled  up  on  the  bank, 
to  be  shipped  or  destroyed,  as  became  necessary.  The  crippled 
horses  were  shot..  Rafts,  made  from  old  houses,  carried  some 
stores.  The  artillery  was  hauled  off  by  horses  and  oxen.  By  the 
evening  of  the  llth  everything  was  out  or  loaded  on  a  boat  that 
had  come  up,  and  on  the  morning  of  the  12th  of  October  the  regi 
ment  was  ferried  over  the  river  and  took  up  the  march  for  Louisa, 
where  it  arrived  at  noon  on  the  13th. 

At  Louisa  the  regiment  received  orders  to  take  charge  of  the 
post.  On  the  16th  Company  A  was  sent  to  Lexington,  with  the 
wounded,  the  sick,  the  prisoners  and  guns.  On  the  same  day  the 
regiment  was  ordered  to  Cattletsburg,  to  take  charge  of  that  post. 
Companies  F,  D,  C,  E,  H  and  G  were  left  at  Louisa,  and  B  and  I 
marched  to  Cattletsburg  by  land. 

On  the  21st  the  regiment  was  relieved  by  the  Sixteenth  Ken 
tucky,  and  had  orders  to  go  to  Nashville,  but  another  order, 
received  at  the  same  time,  revoked  it.  On  the  24th  of  November 
the  regiment  took  passage  on  the  fine  steamer  "  Telegraph"  for 
Cincinnati,  and  landed  there  the  next  morning.  At  7  o'clock  in 
the  evening  the  "Major  Anderson"  was  boarded  for  Louisville, 
where  the  regiment  arrived  the  following  morning. 

The  train  for  Lexington  was  taken  at  3.30  p.  M.,  and  the  regi 
ment  was  in  its  old  quarters  at  11  o'clock. 

The  next  day  the  regiment  was  put  on  provost  duty,  in  differ 
ent  parts  of  the  city.  Before  leaving  Cattletsburg,  the  companies 
left  at  Louisa  were  ordered  down. 

From  the  last  arrival  of  the  Forty-sixth  regiment  to  its  dis 
charge,  its  history  was  uneventful.  The  officers  were  on  detached 
duty  nearly  all  the  time,  either  at  Louisville  or  Lexington.  Colonels 
Bringhurst  and  Flory  were  on  military  commissions  or  courts 
martial  in  both  cities,  and  Captain  Brough  served  in  that  capacity 


112  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

in  Lexington.  The  companies  were,  generally,  on  special  duty. 
The  rebel  and  Federal  prisons  were  in  charge  of  the  regiment,, 
and  all  the  guards  were  furnished  from  the  regiment.  Captain 
Chamberlain  was  appointed  provost  marshal. 

The  military  commissions  had  jurisdiction  over  the  guerrilla 
cases,  and  a  large  number  of  them  were  tried.  Where  the  accused 
was  convicted,  the  penalty  was,  generally,  death,  but  the  com 
mandant  at  Louisville  was  too  easily  influenced  to  permit  many 
executions.  Two  guerrillas  were  hung  at  Lexington  and  one  at 
Louisville.  The  Louisville  commission  tried  the  celebrated  guer 
rilla,  "Sue  Mundy."  With  a  body  of  men,  this  man  had  been 
raiding  over  the  State,  murdering  every  soldier  he  found  unpro 
tected.  He  was  captured  on  Sunday,  tried  on  Monday  and  hung 
on  Wednesday.  Mundy  was  tried  on  the  single  charge  of  shoot 
ing  a  convalescent  soldier  returning  to  his  regiment  from  the 
hospital.  The  squad  of  soldiers  were  all  butchered,  but  the  one 
man  recovered  and  was  able  to  testify  against  the  murderer.  The 
trial  lasted  just  one  hour,  when  the  condemned  man  was  returned 
to  the  guard-house  to  prepare  for  the  scaffold. 

Mundy's  proper  name  was  M.  Jerome  Clark.  He  was  young, 
well  formed,  and  wore  his  hair  long  and  in  curls.  The  execu 
tion  took  place  within  the  city,  and  many  thousands  were  out  to 
witness  it.  Captain  George  Swope,  of  the  Fifth  Indiana  Cavalry, 
as  provost  marshal,  officiated. 

Immediately  after  the  execution,  an  exciting  scene  occurred. 
As  the  immense  crowd  was  making  its  way  back,  an  enraged  bull 
took  the  middle  of  the  road  and  disputed  the  crowd's  passage. 
Pistols  were  fired  at  him,  only  to  increase  his  rage.  The  people 
in  the  rear,  supposing  that  a  "rescue"  was  on  hand,  closed  up  and 
increased  the  panic,  and  it  was  not  until  the  animal  was  killed  that 
order  was  restored. 

At  Lexington,  as  provost  marshal,  Captain  Chamberlain  had 
two  guerrillas  to  hang  at  one  time.  Anxious  to  give  the  con 
demned  all  the  time  allowed— until  4  o'clock— he  delayed  proceed 
ings  as  long  as  possible,  but  the  chaplain,  Mr.  Green,  abbreviated 
the  exercises  more  than  was  anticipated,  and,  at  the  conclusion, 
there  was  still  some  time  to  spare.  After  consulting  with  the 
officers,  Chamberlain  asked  the  chaplain  to  make  another  prayer,, 
which  he  did;  but,  before  the  conclusion,  a  man  on  a  horse,  with 
out  a  hat  and  waving  a  handkerchief,  was  seen  riding  furiously 
toward  the  place.  He  proved  to  be  the  aid  of  the  post  command- 


SABINE  CROSS  ROADS  PRISONERS.  113 

ant,  with  an  order  from  General  Palmer,  postponing  the  execution 
twenty  days.  The  reprieved  man  shook  hands  with  his  partner, 
and  was  shoved  into  a  carriage,  and  the  other  was  hung,  just 
inside  the  time. 

The  reprieved  man  was  again  brought  to  the  gallows,  and 
again,  at  the  last  moment,  reprieved.  Subsequently,  he  was  taken 
to  Louisville,  and  the  case  was  heard  of  no  more. 

On  the  return  of  the  regiment  to  Louisville  the  courts  sitting 
at  Lexington  were  dissolved,  and  the  officers  composing  them  went 
with  their  regiments.  A  military  commission  had  just  found 
guilty  and  sentenced  to  death  a  man  taken  as  a  spy.  At  Louisville, 
as  the  president  and  judge  advocate  of  the  commission  were  stand 
ing  by  the  stove,  they  were  astonished  by  the  condemned  man 
walking  in  with  his  budget  on  his  back,  and  offering  his  hand  for 
a  friendly  shake.  He  was  ignorant  of  the  result  of  the  trial,  and 
evidently  had  not  considered  the  situation  serious.  He  explained 
that,  seeing  the  men  leaving,  guards  and  all,  he  "had  come  along 
with  the  boys."  The  officers  took  the  man  with  them  to  supper, 
and  afterward  to  the  prison,  where  he  was  left  in  charge  of  the 
provost  marshal.  On  the  next  day  the  officers  visited  General 
Palmer,  represented  the  facts,  and  obtained  a  disapproval  of  the 
finding. 

In  December  the  Sabine  Cross  Roads  prisoners  began  to  come 
back.  All  bore  evidence  of  the  terrible  treatment  to  which  they 
had  been  subjected.  They  were  given  the  furlough  to  which  they 
were  doubly  entitled  by  their  extraordinary  service  and  suffering. 
They  learned  then,  and  they  know  now,  that  a  grateful  country  will 
never  forget  what  they  did  for  it. 

John  McTaggart,  of  Company  D,  was  shot  in  the  left  leg,  at 
Sabine  Cross  Roads.  The  limb  was  shattered.  When  hit,  McTag 
gart  sought  shelter  behind  a  log,  Near  him,  behind  a  tree,  a  rebel 
was  picking  off  Federal  soldiers  at  his  leisure  and  in  supposed 
security.  Under  a  sudden  impulse,  McTaggart  shot  the  rebel  dead. 
Straggling  rebels  robbed  McTaggart  of  everything  except  his  can 
teen,  and  finally  a  rebel  cavalryman,  with  drawn  saber,  compelled 
him  to  give  up  that  article.  He  was  finally  rolled  on  a  blanket  and 
carried  and  dragged  over  a  mile  to  a  rebel  hospital.  Here  the  limb 
was  amputated,  and  for  weeks  he  laid  at  the  point  of  death. 
Becoming  able  to  travel,  he  was  sent  down  the  river,  and  finally, 
after  much  suffering,  reached  New  Orleans.  In  July,  with  an 
invoice  of  sick  and  wounded,  he  arrived  at  Indianapolis,  and  was 


114  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

switched  off  to  a  hospital  outside  the  city.  An  officer  while  home 
on  the  furlough,  hearing  of  an  estray  member  of  the  regiment,  went 
to  the  hospital  and  brought  McTaggart  to  Logan  sport. 

Chaplain  Robb  was  captured  at  Sabine  Cross  Roads.  Faithful 
to  his  duty,  he  was  at  the  front  with  his  regiment.  When  it  was 
surrounded  the  chaplain  rendered  all  the  assistance  he  could  to  the 
wounded  and  suffering.  When  the  fight  was  over,  and  the  rebels 
began  the  business  of  gathering  the  prisoners,  he  looked  for  some 
invitation  to  march  off  with  some  of  the  numerous  squads  that 
were  being  herded  and  driven  away,  but  he  was  left  unnoticed,  and 
he  finally  began  to  inquire  about  what  time  they  would  want  to 
take  him  prisoner.  Now,  the  chaplain  was  at  a  disadvantage  in 
not  being  in  uniform.  He  was  dressed  in  a  black  suit,  much  pol 
ished  with  wear.  He  was  enveloped  in  a  long  black  coat,  and 
ornamented  with  a  well-worn  black  plug  hat.  Naturally  the  chap 
lain  had  not  a  belligereat  appearance.  After  some  importunity, 
however,  Mr.  Robb  obtained  an  order  to  "fall  in  with  that  squad," 
and  marched  to  Mansfield.  After  considerable  correspondence  and 
delay  he  was  finally  released  and  sent  back.  "  Father  Robb"  will 
never  be  forgotten  by  any  member  of  the  Forty-sixth  regiment. 
He  was  a  practical  Christian.  He  lived  his  faith.  On  the  march, 
in  camp,  in  hospital  or  in  battle,  he  was  with  his  men,  devot 
ing  his  strength  and  offering  his  life  in  the  effort  to  benefit'them. 

After  the  return  of  the  prisoners  from  their  furlough,  the  regi 
ment  had  an  aggregate  of  396  men,  of  whom  330  were  present. 

While  at  Cattletsburg,  a  Colonel  Jacob,  lieutenant  governor  of 
Kentucky,  was  brought  from  Lexington  under  guard,  on  his  way 
out  of  the  Federal  lines,  under  a  sentence  of  General  Burbridge. 
The  absence  of  the  gentleman  was  desirable,  so  Captain  Fitch, 
with  a  detail  and  a  flag,  conveyed  him  out  to  the  rebels. 

In  February,  three  daughters  of  the  rebel  general  Breckin- 
ridge  were  escorted  by  Captain  Fitch,  to  Prestonsburg,  via  Cat 
tletsburg,  where  a  rebel  escort  met  them  and  conveyed  them 
toward  Richmond. 

Elmore  Shelt,  of  Company  K,  while  on  guard  at  the  rebel 
prison,  shot  and  killed  a  prisoner,  March  24.  An  investigation 
exonerated  Shelt  and  justified  him. 

Joseph  Kilgore,  of  Company  C,  was  shot  and  killed  by  a  Ken 
tucky  soldier,  while  the  latter  was  on  duty.  The  responsibility 
was  put  on  Kilgore.  The  deceased  was  in  company  with  William 
McGlennen,  when  the  latter  was  killed  by  a  guard  at  Algiers. 


LOUISVILLE.  115 

The  assassination  of  the  President  created  a  profound  sensa 
tion.  The  regret  expressed  by  the  rebels  was  evidently  sincere. 
They  expected  a  more  favorable  settlement  from  Lincoln  than 
they  could  from  his  successor. 

Rebel  deserters  came  in,  in  squads.  Officers  and  soldiers  were 
homeward  bound  in  droves.  The  regiment  had  dress  parade  for 
the  edification  of  some  of  them,  to  the  gratification  of  all. 

On  June  5th  the  regiment  moved  from  Lexington  to  Louisville, 
leaving  the  colonel  and  Captain  Brough  on  court  marshal. 

Sherman's  army  was  coming  into  Louisville  at  the  rate  of  a 
thousand  a  day.  A  magnificent  reception  was  accorded  the  general. 
On  the  4th  of  July  he  reviewed  the  army,  and  it  was  a  grand  affair. 
There  seemed  to  be  no  difference  in  public  sentiment.  The  people 
of  Kentucky  were  learning  something. 

An  order  was  received  from  the  war  department  requiring  the 
^wish  of  each  officer  on  the  subject  of  remaining  in  the  service.  No 
attention  was  paid  to  it.  Men  and  officers  wanted  to  return  home, 
as  the  war  was  virtually  over,  but  they  wanted  to  go  together.  They 
had  been  associated  together  so  long,  and  passed  through  so  many 
scenes  of  death  and  danger  in  company,  that  they  wanted  to  stay 
until  all  could  go. 

Many  of  the  officers  had  enlisted  as  private  soldiers.  All  had 
been  promoted;  the  promotions  were  earned  by  faithful  service.  It 
was  afterwards  understood  that  the  purpose  of  the  order  was  to 
transfer  a  number  to  the  regular  army.  Had  it  included  the  pri 
vates,  some  advantage  might  have  been  taken  of  it. 

The  regiment  remained  at  Louisville,  Kentucky,  doing  light 
duty,  until  it  was  mustered  out  of  the  service.  It  furnished 
guards,  orderlies  and  clerks  at  the  headquarter  departments,  at 
stores  and  hotels.  For  a  time  the  latter  were  withdrawn,  when 
there  was  a  general  petitioning  for  their  return.  One  extensive  busi 
ness  man  wrote:  "  There  have  never  been  men  in  service  in  this  city 
who  have  excelled  these  in  prompt  and  efficient  duty,  universal 
sobriety  and  gentlemanly  conduct." 

A  general  officer,  in  response  to  a  communication  from  the 
colonel,  in  relation  to  the  discharge  of  the  regiment,  said:  "The 
Forty-sixth  has  had  the  fortune,  good  or  bad,  always  to  please  com 
mandants  under  whose  authority  it  has  been  placed.  Both  on  the 
field  and  in  garrison,  its  officers  and  men  have  given  such  satisfac 
tion  as  to  have  been  given  up  with  reluctance  by  those  in  command. 
This  has  now  much  to  do  in  keeping  the  regiment  in  the  service." 


116  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

The  regiment  was  mustered  out  at  Louisville  on  the  4th  of 
September,  1865.  It  was  transported  to  Indianapolis  and  there 
paid  off,  on  the  llth.  % 

And  so,  the  "  Forty-sixth  Regiment  Indiana  Volunteer  Infan 
try"  passed  into  history.  Its  members  having  faithfully  served 
their  terms  of  enlistment  and  re-enlisted,  were  again  merged  into 
the  citizenship  of  the  Nation.  All  felt  proud  of  the  record  of 
their  regiment,  for  no  page  of  it  brought  discredit  to  its  members- 
or  the  State. 


CHAPTER  VIII. 

CAPTURED  AT  SABINE  CROSS  ROADS.  —  MARCH  TO  CAMP  FORD.  —  THE 
CAMP.— TREATMENT.— REMOVAL.  — ANOTHER  MOVE.  — THE  HOSPITAL. 
—ESCAPES.— FLORY.—  CARR  AND  GUESS.—  BAGLEY.— BACOME  AND 
EVANS. —  OTHER  ESCAPES. — EXCHANGE. —  LIST  OF  PRISONERS. 

THE  MARCH  TO  CAMP  FORD. 

A  FTER  their  capture,  the  prisoners  were  rapidly  pushed  to  the 
JT\.  rear.  Along  the  road  from  the  battlefield  to  Mansfield,  four 
miles,  the  road  was  strewn  with  dead  rebels  and  the  debris  of  the 
battle.  The  wounded  were  being  gathered  up.  The  country 
was  covered  with  temporary  hospitals,  to  which  the  rebels  were 
carrying  their  crowds  of  wounded. 

At  Mansfield  200  prisoners  were  crowded  into  the  Court-house, 
.and  at  night  were  confined  in  a  room  not  large  enough  for  half 
the  number.  This  room  had  been  used  by  rebel  troops  for  quarters, 
and  was  filled  with  filth  —  being  in  such  a  condition  as  might  be 
expected  under  the  circumstances.  The  rest  of  the  prisoners  were 
corralled  on  a  freshly  plowed  field,  near  the  town,  and  compelled 
to  get  what  rest  they  might,  after  a  twenty  miles'  march  and  two 
hours'  hard  fighting,  on  the  ground  —  saturated  as  it  was  with  the 
recent  rains.  Nothing  of  any  consequence  had  been  eaten  since 
five  o'clock  that  morning.  Most  of  the  men  had  lost  their  knap 
sacks  in  the  fight,  and,  with  nothing  except  the  clothing  they  stood 
in,  hungry  and  exhausted,  they  began  a  long  and  torturing  impris 
onment.  The  cold  north  wind  chilled  the  blood  and  benumbed 
the  bodies  of  the  captives,  and  they  esteemed  their  sufferings  great; 
but  the  time  was  to  come  when  they  could  look  back  on  this  night 
as  pleasantly  passed,  compared  with  many  in  their  experience. 

On  the  morning  of  the  9th,  the  day  after  the  battle,  the  entire 
•capture  was  assembled  and  moved  forward  toward  their  destina 
tion,  in  Texas.  No  rations  whatever  were  issued  to  the  prisoners. 


118  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

Chilled,  hungry  and  weary,  this  band,  numbering  fifty  commis 
sioned  officers  and  1,200  men,  was  goaded  forward  between  two 
lines  of  rebel  cavalry,  flushed  with  a  temporary  success,  void  of 
all  the  principles  of  manhood,  or  the  honor  of  a  soldier,  and  filled 
with  a  ferocity  developed  by  their  losses  and  their  triumphs.  The 
most  insulting  epithets  were  heaped  on  the  defenseless  men;  and 
those  who,  from  sickness  or  exhaustion,  reeled  in  the  ranks,  were 
treated  with  a  degree  of  barbarity  almost  beyond  belief. 

At  6  o'clock  in  the  evening,  after  a  march  of  twenty-four 
miles,  the  staggering  column  was  turned  into  an  open  field,  with 
an  unbroken  fast  of  two  days.  About  10  o'clock  a  small  allow 
ance  of  wood  was  given  the  prisoners,  a  pint  of  musty  corn-meal, 
with  a  small  quantity  of  salt  beef,  no  salt,  and  one  baking  pan  to 
each  100  nien.  There  was  no  water  within  a  quarter  of  a  mile. 
Eight  or  ten  men  were  taken  out  at  a  time,  to  fill  canteens,  of 
which  a  very  small  number  had  escaped  the  notice  of  the  rapacious 
captors  on  the  field.  The  entire  night  was  spent  in  trying  to  make 
a  meal  from  the  scanty  material  at  hand,  a  task  almost  impossible. 

At  daybreak,  on  the  10th,  the  haggard  procession  was  again 
put  in  motion,  and  marched  twenty-five  miles.  During  this  day's 
march,  many  men  were  forced  along  by  the  bayonet  and  by 
threats  of  shooting. 

About  the  same  rations  were  issued  as  on  the  evening  before, 
with  the  addition  of  an  abundant  supply  of  water  from  a  creek. 
In  keeping  with  the  consideration  generally  shown  the  prisoners 
by  the  guards,  they  encamped  above  the  prisoners,  and  washed 
their  horses  and  their  own  persons  in  the  stream,  and  in  other 
ways  rendered  the  water  as  filthy  as  a  systematic  endeavor  could 
make  it. 

After  marching  and  halting  for  sixteen  days,  the  point  of  des 
tination  was  reached.  The  women  and  children  from  the  country, 
on  either  side  of  the  road  for  miles,  congregated  in  motley  groups 
to  witness  the  rare  sight.  The  doors  and  windows  of  every  house 
were  filled  with  crowds  of  haggard  women,  white-headed  children 
and  naked  negroes,  of  all  sizes  and  ages.  Old  men  and  boys  were 
posting  hurriedly  to  the  front,  armed  with  every  conceivable 
weapon  known  to  the  gunsmith  of  the  last  century,  and  mounted  on 
every  possible  animal.  Confederate  flags  were  displayed  in 
abundance  —  fit  emblems  of  treachery  and  villainy.  In  passing 
any  considerable  group  or  town,  the  prisoners  drowned  all  shouts 
of  exultation  by  the  rebels  with  patriotic  songs.  The  "Rally 


MARCH    TO    CAMP    FORD. 

Round  the  Flag"  seemed  to  have  new  significance,  and  swelling 
out  from  a  thousand  brave  throats,  drowned  the  rebel  shouts  and 
yells.  Never  were  the  rallying  songs  of  the  Nation  more  appro 
priately  used,  nor  with  greater  effect,  in  impressing  upon  traitors  an 
idea  of  the  moral  force  of  the  Union,  and  its  inevitable  triumph. 

The  Rev.  Hamilton  Robb,  chaplain  of  the  Forty-sixth,  a  man 
of  seventy  years,  made  this  dreadful  march,  a  prisoner.  He  was  not 
released  until  June,  and  was  held  until  then  in  violation  of  the 
universal  custom  of  all  civilized  nations. 

Previous  to  the  arrival  of  the  prisoners  of  the  Red  river  cam 
paign,  Camp  Ford  had  been  occupied  by  about  800  men  and 
officers,  including  150  officers  and  sailors  captured  at  various 
points  on  the  coast  of  Texas. 

In  April,  1864,  these  men  were  almost  destitute  of  clothing. 
Many,  when  captured,  were  robbed  of  all  articles  not  absolutely 
necessary  to  cover  them.  They  had  passed  one  of  the  coldest 
winters  known  in  Texas  in  that  destitute  condition.  More  than 
three-fourths  of  the  men  had  no  shoes,  for  months.  In  December^ 
they  had  marched  to  Shreveport,  a  distance  of  140  miles,  and  back 
in  January,  through  rain,  snow  and  sleet,  and  over  icy  roads,  with 
no  shelter  at  night,  on  rations  of  coarse  meal  and  starved  beef. 
Again,  in  March,  they  were  driven  over  the  same  road  and  back. 
These  moves,  it  was  said,  were  made  for  the  purpose  of  exchange, 
but  they  were  not  finally  released  until  July.  When  they  left  the 
prison,  many  of  them  were  about  in  the  condition  of  Adam  and 
Eve  on  the  entree  of  those  individuals  into  society. 

On  the  20th  of  April,  the  Red  river  prisoners  arrived  at  Camp 
Ford  and  were  promptly  assigned  quarters. 

Early  in  May,  some  1,500  officers  and  men,  captured  from 
General  Steele,  in  Arkansas,  were  added  to  the  already  crowded 
prison  pen,  and,  at  various  times,  the  captures  from  transports  and 
gunboats  were  brought  in,  until  the  congregation  reached  four 
thousand  eight  hundred. 

Steele's  men  had  been  captured  at  Mark's  Mills,  Ark.  Their 
treatment  had  been  most  barbarous.  As  soon  as  they  had  been 
marched  to  the  rear,  they  were  systematically  and  completely 
stripped  of  everything  —  hats,  boots,  coats,  pants,  shirts  and  draw 
ers  —  and  left  to  go  naked,  or  put  on  the  filthy  rags  thrown  away 
by  the  scoundrels  who  robbed  thern.  Their  money,  watches,  and, 
in  short,  every  article  in  their  possession,  was  taken  from  them. 
Even  the  treasured  pictures  of  their  wives  and  mothers  were  taken 


120  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

and  made  the  subjects  of  gross,  vulgar  ribaldry,  and  then  thrown 
in  heaps,  when  the  chivalry  rode  over  them  with  their  horses. 


AT  CAMP  FORD. 

THIS  prison  was  four  miles  from  Tyler,  Smith  county,  Texas. 
It  covered  an  area  of  about  six  acres,  enclosed  by  a  stockade.  A 
trench  or  ditch  was  first  dug  around  the  ground  selected;  in  it 
were  placed,  on  end,  oak  or  pine  timbers,  fitted  closely  together, 
and  forming  a  wall  about  eight  feet  high.  On  the  outside  the  earth 
was  banked  up  so  that  the  guards,  while  on  their  beats,  could  see 
over  the  camp.  The  location  was  on  an  abrupt  hillside  —  a  kind 
of  oak  and  pine  barrens.  Every  tree  and  shrub  was  carefully  cut 
down,  leaving  nothing  to  protect  the  prisoners  from  the  drenching 
rains,  the  chilling  dews  of  night,  or  the  scorching  rays  of  the  sun. 
Within  this  pen  the  prisoners  were  turned,  and  mockingly  told  to 
"make  yourselves  comfortable." 

The  officers  had  the  rare  privilege  of  going  to  the  wroods  to  cut 
logs  and  limbs,  which  they  carried  in  on  their  backs,  under  guard, 
and  constructed  rude  and  insufficient  shelters.  Thus,  parties  of 
five  and  ten  going  out,  in  time  built  up  cabins,  a  labor  not  light, 
considering  that  there  were  only  twenty  axes  and  five  shovels 
for  use.  These,  among  4,800  men,  were  in  demand.  An  auger 
and  an  old  saw  were  supposed  to  be  within  the  stockade,  but  could 
never  be  found. 

The  men,  with  the  greatest  difficulty,  with  an  armful  of  brush 
brought  in  one  day,  and  some  twigs  the  next,  sought  to  erect 
shelters  to  protect  them  from  the  sun.  Parties  of  from  ten  to 
twenty  were  successively  passed  out,  under  guard,  with  an  old  ax 
or  two.  A  short  time  was  allowed  them  to  procure  this  class  of 
material,  but  so  great  was  the  clamor  and  eager  rush  for  the  prison 
gate,  that,  in  their  ill-humor,  the  officers  in  charge  for  days  would 
allow  none  to  go  out.  Hundreds  of  the  men  dug  trenches  in  the 
hillsides,  and  from  two  to  four  lived  in  each,  like  wild  animals. 
The  rain  ran  through  the  thin  covering  of  earth  and  made  their 
only  shelter  untenable,  even  for  swine.  Others,  with  no  enter 
prise,  made  no  attempts  to  shelter  themselves,  and,  consequently, 
soon  became  sick  from  exposure.  Many  of  those  unfortunates 
died,  and  many  became  cripples  for  life. 

To  add  to  the  misery  of  living  in  such  hovels,  this  was  one  of 
the  wettest  seasons  Texas  had  had  for  twenty  years.  During 


CAMP    FORD.  121 

the  entire  months  of  May  and  June,  and  far  into  July,  rain  fell 
almost  constantly,  literally  in  torrents  —  floods  overhead  and  cata 
racts  under  foot.  With  blankets,  only  in  proportion  of  ten  men 
to  one  —  robbed  of  clothing,  in  many  cases,  these  unfortunate  men 
.were  compelled,  almost  naked,  to  endure  the  drenching  rains  day 
and  night.  What  though  rain  should  cease,  the  dark  gloom  of  a 
cheerless  night,  like  some  demon,  would  spread  its  impenetrable 
vale  over  the  camp,  and  exaggerate,  if  possible,  the  misery  of  the 
sufferers.  They  did  not  freeze,  but  they  shivered  in  every  muscle. 
The  body  did  not  become  numb,  but  there  was  an  uneasy,  unsatis 
fied  craving  for  warmth,  that  seemed  worse  than  a  positively  colder 
degree.  And  with  this  misery  came  memories  of  home  to  inten 
sify  the  suffering. 

The  ragged,  haggard,  care-worn  men,  huddled  together  like 
sheep,  as  if  to  kindle  a  little  warmth  by  contact,  and  move  the 
blood  that  seemed  fast  ceasing  to  flow.  So,  night  after  night 
of  sleepless  wretchedness  passed,  with  no  hope  of  comfort  in  the 
coming  morn  except  the  warming  influences  of  day. 

Many  of  the  prisoners  were  recruits,  on  their  first  campaign, 
and  unaccustomed  to  the  exposure  of  even  ordinary  camp  life. 
Upon  these  the  trial  soon  began  to  tell,  and  each  night  there  was 
witnessed  the  death  of  some  unfortunate  breathing  out  his  life  in 
-darkness.  Lying  in  the  mud,  with  the  rain  falling  upon  him,  he 
•became  insensible  to  the  loud  thunder  and  the  vivid  lightning,  and 
was  beyond  the  reach  of  those  who  tortured  him. 

LIFE    INSIDE. 

THE  inside  of  a  rebel  prison  camp  cannot,  like  many  other 
things,  be  imagined.  It  must  be  lived  — seen,  felt  — to  be 
-comprehended.  Fancy  and  imagination,  in  most  cases,  can 
bring  to  view  scenes  of  beauty  or  pictures  of  terror,  but  the 
degree  of  wretchedness  in  real  prison  life,  such  as  the  rebel 
government  systematically  imposed  on  its  prisoners  of  war,  was 
too  extremely  brutal  and  unusual  to  be  appreciated  outside  of 
their  infernal  boundaries.  Such  suffering  was  only  known  in 
-Confederate  prison  pens  —  nowhere  else.  The  pen  or  tongue  is 
inadequate  to  paint  or  group  in  one  idea  the  multiplied  sources  of 
annoyance,  pain  and  horror  that  had  their  rise  in  the  prisons  of  the 
rebels  for  Union  soldiers.  They  contained  a  multitude  of  ragged, 
-dispirited  men,  covered  with  filth,  and  anxious  only  about  the 


122  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

most  ordinary  and  primary  necessities  of  life.  Reckless,  regardless 
of  everything  except  what  pertained  to  their  own  immediate  per 
sonal  existence;  shivering  with  the  cold  at  night  and  scorched 
with  the  sun  in  daytime;  without  hats  to  protect  the  head  or  clothes 
to  cover  the  body,  the  elements  had  uninterrupted  influence  upon 
them,  and  they  became  the  fruitful  sources  of  disease  and  death. 

Through  the  main  street  of  Camp  Ford,  the  larger  portion  of 
the  prisoners  passed  for  water,  and  Broadway  never  presented  a 
more  busy  scene  of  barter  and  traffic  than  there  appeared.  Nor 
did  any  broker's  board  ever  present  so  much  intenseness  as  was 
exhibited  by  the  prisoners  arid  outsiders  in  commercial  operations. 
Here  was  brought  the  product  of  the  surrounding  country  for  sale, 
at  fabulous  prices.  Flour  at  8500  a  barrel !  There  was  no  sign  of 
shame  on  the  face  of  the  slave-driver,  when  he  demanded  from  the 
reeling,  exhausted  prisoner  forty  dollars  for  a  chicken.  Melons 
sold  at  ten  dollars,  and  that  when  they  were  rotting,  in  super 
abundance. 

Trading  stands  were  erected  along  the  main  street  of  the  pen. 
Wholesale  and  retail  merchants  operated  in  divers  departments, 
and  all  diving  into  the  pockets  of  the  prisoners.  Tobacco  was  the 
great  staple  article.  Everybody  wanted  it  —  few  could  get  it. 
Men  would  barter  their  only  shirt  for  it,  and  it  was  said  the  old 
repudiated  quids  were  worked  over  and  again  made  do  duty. 
Whisky  was  sometimes  introduced  by  a  guard  or  an  outsider. 
What  was  called  a  "  drink,"  about  a  quarter  of  a  gill,  cost  a  dollar. 

The  prisoners  made  rings  of  bone,  gutta  percha,  wood,  etc., 
and  sold  them  to  outsiders,  at  strong  prices.  Turning  lathes  were 
set  up  and  fancy  work,  principally  chessmen,  turned  out,  and  sold 
at  paying  prices.  Combs,  violins,  earthenware,  and  many  other 
articles  were  manufactured,  and  in  good  style,  too,  and  disposed  of 
at  remunerating  prices.  Many  other  articles  were  made  in  a 
superior  manner,  and  sold. 

A  crockery  manufacturer  got  up  several  canteens,  made  of  clay, 
which  were  in  much  demand  among  the  rebel  soldiers.  He  cast 
them  over  a  tin  one,  and  tore  up  a  pair  of  old  blue  pants  for  covers. 
The  cloth  and  the  strips  of  an  old  shirt,  for  straps,  were  well 
washed,  and  the  clay  canteens,  with  an  old  teapot  spout  for  a  neck, 
looked,  as  they  hung  in  front  of  his  quarters,  like  a  first  rate  article, 
and  perfectly  new.  It  was  not  long  before  a  squad  of  rebel  soldiers 
passed  through,  and  were  attracted  by  the  canteens,  and  the  entire 
stock  was  sold  at  extra  figures.  Three  months  after,  some  of  the- 


CAMP    FORD.  123 

same  squad  sauntered  through  the  same  quarters,  and  innocently 
inquired  for  canteens.  Remembering  his  customers,  the  prisoner 
said  he  had  none  —  that  he  never  had  any  canteens.  One  of  the 

rebels  said  that  they  wanted  ad d  Yankee  who  sold  them  some 

canteens  as  they  passed  up.  They  were  clay  only,  and  when 
they  put  water  in  them,  they  just  melted. 

After  being  imposed  upon  in  trading,  a  portion  of  the  guard 
sought  their  revenge  by  persuading  some  of  the  men  to  come  to  a 
forbidden  line  and  trade.  When  they  went  out  to  the  line,  and 
displayed  their  goods,  they  were  seized  by  the  rebels  and  robbed 
of  all  they  had.  The  prisoners  dared  not  resist,  for  they  were  in 
a  position  which  would  have  warranted  the  guard  in  shooting 
them,  so  they  had  to  submit. 

But  it  was  not  long  before  the  prisoners  squared  accounts  with 
the  rebels.  When  the  affair  seemed  to  be  forgotten,  they  were 
invited  in  one  night  to  trade.  This  was  forbidden  by  the  rules, 
but  the  extreme  anxiety  of  the  rebels  to  trade  overcame  their 
caution  and  induced  them  to  venture.  As  soon  as  the  business 
had  arrived  at  an  interesting  stage,  the  rebels  were  seized,  their 
pistols  taken,  and  they  were  robbed  of  every  movable  article  about 
them.  Their  situation  obliged  them  to  submit. 

Exciting  and  amusing  scenes  occurred.  When  a  wagon  loaded 
with  produce  entered  the  camp  a  dense  crowd  would  gather  around 
it.  A  multitude  of  purchasers  would  so  confuse  the  vender  that 
all  consciousness  would  be  lost,  and  his  stuff  would  go  without  a 
consideration. 

On  one  occasion  a  pompous  old  planter  came  in  with  a  wagon 
load  of  produce,  driven  by  a  negro.  A  few  hundred  men  sur 
rounded  the  wagon,  and  made  offers  to  purchase.  In  the  mean 
time  the  linchpins  were  removed,  and  the  wheels  slipped  to  the 
ends  of  the  spindles.  The  hame-strings  were  untied  and  the  har 
ness  generally  loosened.  About  that  time  the  planter  begun  to 
suspect  something  wrong,  and  ordered  his  negro  to  drive  out 
quick.  Jube  cracked  his  whip,  and,  lo!  a  general  catastrophe 
ensued.  The  mules  slipped  from  the  harness,  the  wheels  rolled 
off  and  the  wagon,  planter,  produce  and  negro  experienced  sudden 
emancipation.  The  old  gentleman  felt  a  dozen  hands  in  his 
pockets,  which  quickly  relieved  him  of  everything.  He  lost  all 
his  produce,  his  money,  his  hat,  harness  (for  it  was  valuable 
material)  and  most  of  his  clothes,  while  his  negro  was  carried  off 
to  the  quarters  on  the  shoulders  of  the  men. 


124  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

This  "outrage"  called  forth  the  severest  denunciations  from 
the  authorities,  but,  on  investigation,  it  appearing  that  nobody  did 
it,  there  was  no  punishment. 


ESCAPES. 

THOUGH  the  prison  was  heavily  guarded,  escapes  and  attempts 
were  of  nightly  occurrence.  During  the  month  of  March,  a  party 
projected  and  completed  a  tunnel.  It  commenced  inside  of  one  of 
the  cabins,  and  extended  out  150  yards  beyond  the  stockade;  but 
just  as  all  was  ready  for  a  general  rush,  the  stockade  was  extended 
for  the  accommodation  of  more  prisoners,  and  the  plan  was  frus 
trated.  This  tunnel,  afterward,  furnished  a  good  place  for  prison 
ers  to  hide  in  when  contemplating  an  escape.  They  would  enter 
and  remain  until  the  pursuit  of  them  outside  was  given  up,  when 
they  would  go  in  earnest.  Several  tunnels  were  constructed,  but 
none  were  ever  made  available  for  their  original  purpose.  One 
large  one  was  within  fifteen  feet  of  completion  in  March,  1864, 
when  the  last  but  one  of  the  prisoners  of  the  Forty-sixth  come  out. 
It  was  reported  abandoned.  This  tunnel  cost  an  immense  amount 
of  labor.  A  shaft  six  feet  deep  was  sunk  in  a  cabin.  The  tunnel 
was  then  started  toward  a  bank  outside,  about  170  feet  distant. 
The  chamber  was  two  feet  wide  by  three  feet  high.  Air  holes 
were  opened  above,  under  a  bunk  or  a  bed,  through  which  the 
miners  got  breath.  The  tools  used  were  case-knives;  a  sled,  upon 
which  the  earth  was  drawn  out  in  buckets,  and  ropes  made  from 
cows'  tails.  A  station  would  be  established  midway,  to  which  the 
sled  would  be  hauled  by  a  stationary  Yankee  engine.  The  bucket 
would  then  be  put  on  another  sled  and  hauled  to  the  shaft.  The 
first  sled  would,  at  the  same  time,  return  to  the  work,  bearing 
another  bucket.  The  earth  was  spread  under  bunks,  or  in  holes 
about  the  camp,  and  covered  up  before  daylight.  There  was  a 
traitor  among  the  prisoners,  at  last  discovered  to  be  one  Hawkins, 
of  the  One  Hundred  and  Twentieth  Ohio.  On  discovery,  he  was 
removed  outside,  and  lived  about  the  officers'  quarters,  and  worked 
for  them  at  tailoring.  On  coming  up  the  river,  in  March,  1864, 
this  gentleman  was  thrown  overboard,  but  was  saved  by  the  deck 
hands,  who  were  not  posted. 

Nearly  every  movement  in  the  pen  was  known  to  the  guards, 
and  great  caution  was  observed  in  working  on  tunnels.  None  except 
a  select  few  knew  anything  about  it.  Rebel  officers  would  come 


ESCAPES    AND    CAPTURES.  125 

in  and  make  a  general  and  thorough  examination,  looking  especially 
for  tunnels,  of  which  they  evidently  knew  something.  Ramrods 
and  swords  were  run  into  the  earth,  but  no  discoveries  were  made. 
The  "  Grand  Trunk"  laid  too  deep. 

The  digging  of  the  large  tunnel  cost  an  immense  amount  of 
risk  and  labor.  On  one  part  of  the  line  the  excavation  had  to  be 
made  fifty  feet  without  ventilation  —  almost  suffocating  those 
engaged  in  it. 

A  pack  of  trained  hounds  was  constantly  kept  for  the  purpose 
of  tracking  and  hunting  down  fugitives  from  the  pen,  and  these 
were  under  the  charge  of  a  professional  negro  hunter.  When  a 
prisoner  was  missed,  these  dogs  were  made  to  take  the  circuit  of 
the  camp  until  the  track  was  discovered,  which  they  would  follow, 
through  woods  and  swamps,  and  almost  invariably  overtake  the 
exhausted  man. 

Music  was  often  resorted  to,  to  beguile  the  watchful  guards 
while  a  party  was  meditating  an  escape.  Attention  would  be 
attracted  by  a  good  song,  while  a  log  would  be  dug  up  out  of  the 
stockade,  and  a  party  prepared  for  the  venture  were  getting  out. 
Others,  more  venturesome  or  desperate,  would  draw  themselves  to  - 
the  top  while  the  sentinel's  back  was  turned,  and  quietly  let  them 
selves  down  on  the  outside. 

Hundreds  who  had  secreted  their  money,  bribed  guards  to 
connive  at  their  escape.  Sometimes  as  many  as  twenty  of  a  night 
went  out  in  that  way.  The  market  price  for  such  favors  was  five 
dollars  in  greenbacks.  Such  contracts  were  made  with  men  pro 
fessing  Union  sentiments,  and  who  would,  for  money,  take  such 
risks. 

But  very  few  of  those  who  got  out  of  prison  escaped.  It  was 
rare  one  overcame  all  the  dangers  from  dogs,  rebels,  deep  rivers, 
swamps,  hunger,  and  the  many  difficulties  that  beset  the  way  to 
the  Federal  lines.  In  from  two  to  ten  days  the  fugitive  would  be 
brought  back  and  reconsigned  to  the  pen. 

It  was  seldom  the  officers  discovered  the  absence  of  a  man 
escaping,  until  his  friends  made  it  known  or  he  was  recaptured. 
Keeping  his  escape  a  secret  gave  the  man  a  start  of  the  hounds  and 
cavalry,  and  it  gave  the  camp  an  extra  ration. 

It  frequently  occurred  that  when  a  soldier  died  a  sailor  would, 
exchange  clothes  with  the  deceased,  and  remove  the  body  to  his •. 
quarters.  The  sailor  would  assume  his  name,  get  his  rations  and. 
a  chance  for  exchange  or  parol  —  a  privilege  not  possessed  by 


126  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

sailors.  Of  the  numbers  getting  out,  it  is  safe  to  say  that  not 
over  one  in  fifty  finally  escaped.  The  others  were  overtaken  and 
brought  back,  to  suffer  severe  penalties  for  their  effort. 

The  nearest  point  in  the  Federal  lines  was  at  Vicksburg,  a 
distance  of  300  miles.  There  was  not  a  county  in  the  States  west 
of  the  Mississippi,  within  the  Confederate  lines,  but  what  had  a 
party  of  mounted  soldiers,  with  a  leash  of  trained  bloodhounds, 
hunting  deserters  and  conscripts.  At  least  one-half  of  the  popu 
lation  was  actively  disloyal,  and  bore  an  intense  hatred  to  Federal 
soldiers.  An  escape  might  well  be  considered  a  miracle. 

Most  of  those  attempting  to  escape,  started  with  little  or 
no  preparation.  They  were  ignorant  of  the  geography  of  the 
country,  and  without  maps  or  charts.  Many  knew  nothing 
about  traveling  at  night,  and  were  unaccustomed  to  traveling  in 
forests.  Their  appearance  would  betray  them  to  the  first  man 
they  met.  After  a  few  days  of  bewildered  wandering,  exhausted 
by  hunger  and  fatigue,  many  would  be  willing  to  barter  their  free 
dom  for  corn-bread,  and  give  themselves  up,  or,  more  probably, 
be  overtaken  by  men  and  hounds,  and  driven  back.  Frequently 
men  would  travel  hard  all  night,  and  by  the  first  dawn  of  daylight 
see  the  prison  from  which  they  had  escaped  six  or  eight  hours 
before.  Many  cases  occurred  where  men  had  reached  the  Missis 
sippi  and  were  recaptured  while  hailing  a  gunboat  or  transport. 
Others,  within  sight  of  a  Federal  picket,  would  be  taken  by  some 
straggling  vagabond  and  delivered  up. 

Much  ingenuity  was  required  and  used  to  conceal  the  escape 
of  a  prisoner  by  his  comrades.  Every  morning  there  was  a  general 
roll-call.  The  camp  was  divided  into  sections  of  from  100  to  200 
men.  A  rebel  sergeant  had  a  roll  of  these,  and  it  was  his  duty  to 
call  the  list  and  ascertain  the  presence  or  absence  of  every  man. 
The  prisoners  were  formed  in  two  ranks,  and  two  sentinels,  with 
muskets  and  bayonets,  passed  along  the  front  and  rear  of  the  line 
as  the  roll-call  was  called.  With  all  this  precaution,  the  absent 
ones  were  duly  answered  for  without  discovery.  Frequently  the 
sergeant,  whose  duty  it  was  to  call  the  roll,  was  not  able  to  read 
the  names  without  spelling,  when  some  considerate  Yankee  would 
volunteer  to  assist  him,  and  would  inadvertently  miss  the  name  of 
an  absconding  party.  By  universal  consent,  the  party  covering  up 
the  absence  of  a  friend  was  entitled  to  the  surplus  ration.  With 
the  officers  there  was  more  difficulty.  They  were  carried  on  a 
separate  roll,  but  they  were  so  successful  that  the  name  of  an 


CAMP    FORD.  127 


absentee   was    often    carried   a   month    without    discovery  —  long 
enough  to  insure  his  safety. 


GENERAL   TREATMENT. 


THE  commanding  officer  of  Camp  Ford,  Lieutenant  Colonel 
Borders,  was  an  Englishman,  a  resident  of  the  South  about  nine 
years.  From  association  with  the  most  reckless  and  dissipated  of 
this  semi-barbarous  society,  he  was  thoroughly  imbued  with  its 
worst  qualities.  By  marriage  he  had  stepped  into  a  fortune,  and 
had  become  arrogant  and  haughty.  Here  the  innate  brutality  of 
the  man  found  full  scope  and  a  field  for  cultivation.  The  posses 
sion  of  power  fed  his  pride  and  sharpened  his  malice.  With  all, 
the  infamy  of  his  character  was  intensified  by  his  being  a  bitter 
rebel.  A  monarchist,  hating  everything  republican,  and  with 
unbounded  vindictiveness  toward  Federal  soldiers,  he  was  a  fit 
instrument  to  carry  out  the  system  provided  by  the  leaders  of  the 
rebellion  in  the  treatment  of  prisoners.  He  had  an  adjutant, 
unprincipled,  cowardly,  vicious  and  destitute  of  the  dimmest  spark 
of  manhood.  This  officer's  name  was  Lieutenant  McCann.  He 
had  no  principle  of  action  but  the  slavish  one  of  wishing  to  please 
his  superiors.  When  some  of  the  prisoners  were  coming  home 
through  New  Orleans,  McCann  was  just  being  brought  in  a  pris 
oner.  General  Canby  was  informed  of  the  brutality  practiced  by 
him  by  Major  Norris,  of  the  Forty-third  Indiana,  when  the  scoun 
drel  was  put  in  irons,  and  a  ration  of  a  pint  of  meal  a  day,  with  a 
half  pound  of  bacon,  ordered  him. 

If  men  approached  too  near  the  stockade  — the  limit  being  ten 
feet  —  they  were  either  shot  down  or  made  to  mark  time  at  a  vig 
orous  "  double-quick,"  at  the  pleasure  and  discretion  of  the  senti 
nel.  As  many  of  these  were  boys,  not  over  fifteen  years  old,  it 
was  very  gratifying  to  the  embryo  traitor  to  have  a  Yankee  dance 
at  his  bidding.  The  inducement,  a  cocked  musket,  held  at  the 
breast  of  the  prisoner  and  handled  in  the  most  reckless  manner, 
was  generally  sufficient  to  get  out  of  a  man  all  the  dance  there 
was  in  him.  As  many  as  thirty  at  a  time  have  been  subjected  to 
this  treatment  for  two  hours,  or  until  they  became  exhausted  and 
fell.  Confederate  officers  often  stood  by,  enjoying  the  scene  and 
suggesting  a  bayonet  to  enliven  the  performance. 

Men  who  were  overtaken  in  trying  to  escape,  and  returned  to 
prison,  were  made  to  stand  on  stumps  or  blocks  of  wood,  bare- 


128  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

headed,  in  the  sun  for  four  hours,  and  after  two  hours  off,  their 
again  on  for  four  hours.  This,  in  some  cases,  was  continued  for  a 
week. 

Lady  visitors  sometimes  visited  the  prison,  and  seemed  to 
enjoy  the  misery  they  witnessed. 

Groups  of  prisoners  were  tied  up  by  the  thumbs  for  some 
trifling  offense,  and  suspended  so  that  their  toes  barely  touched  the 
ground,  and  for  days  were  brought  out  and  subjected  to  this  tor 
ture,  two  hours  at  a  time.  Strong  men  subjected  to  this  punish 
ment,  under  a  July  sun,  would  faint  and  fall  as  far  as  the  ligatures 
would  allow,  and  would  be  cut  down  as  soon  as  a  lazy,  vicious 
rebel  found  it  convenient  to  go  to  their  assistance. 

Prisoners  were  shot  down  without  any  attempt  at  justifica 
tion.  A  man  was  near  the  gate,  asking  permission  to  go  out  for 
wood.  The  guard  ordered  him  to  go  away.  The  man  turned  to 
obey,  when  the  guard  deliberately  shot  him  through  the  heart. 

A  man  named  Colvert,  of  the  Seventy-seventh  Ohio,  while 
quietly  walking  within  the  proper  limits,  was  inhumanly  shot  down 
by  a  boy  fourteen  years  of  age,  who  was,  perhaps,  ambitious  of" 
something  to  boast  of  among  his  associates  and  tutors. 

S.  O.  Shoenicker,  of  the  One  Hundred  and  Thirtieth  Illinois, 
while  sitting  in  his  hut  pleading  with  a  friend  to  become  religious, 
was  shot  dead  by  a  guard,  twenty  yards  behind  him.  The  guard 
explained  that  he  had  a  brother  killed  in  battle,  and  said,  "I  was 

bound  to  kill  some  d d  Yankee  for  it."     As  a  punishment  for 

the  outrage,  the  boy  received  a  furlough  for  thirty  days. 

A  member  of  the  One  Hundred  and  Seventy-third  New  York 
was  killed  while  walking  towards  the  fence  to  obtain  his  hat,  which 
had  blown  off.  The  man  who  did  this  act  merely  remarked, 
"That's  three." 

A  member  of  the  Thirty-sixth  Iowa  was  shot  while  walking 
along  the   usual  path,   early    in  the  evening.      Both   arms   were- 
broken,  and  the  heart  was  perforated  by  the  ball.     He  fell  in  the- 
arms  of  his  brother,  and  the  brutal  murderer  was  not  even  chided 
for  his  deed. 

An  Indian,  belonging  to  the  Fourteenth  Kansas,  was  killed 
as  wantonly  as  any  of  those  mentioned. 

The  men  who  committed  these  outrages  belonged  to  Colonels 
Sweet  and  Brown's  battalions. 

Barbarous  as  the  treatment  of  these  prisoners  was,  it  was  no 
exception  to  the  rule  of  treatment  of  prisoners  by  the  rebels  in. 


REBEL    PRISON.  129 

authority.  It  was  not  the  result  of  an  isolated  case  of  the  appoint 
ment  of  a  brute,  without  a  single  instinct  of  humanity  in  his  breast, 
by  mistake,  as  prison  commandant,  but  was  the  result  of  a  hellish 
design  conceived  and  put  in  force  by  "Jeff"  Davis  and  his  co-con 
spirators.  The  orders  of  those  highest  in  authority  were  simply 
carried  out  by  those  in  immediate  charge  of  the  pens.  The  con 
trast  between  the  treatment  of  these  unfortunate  men  and  all 
others  who  fell  into  rebel  hands  with  the  treatment  of  rebels  who 
were  fortunate  or  unfortunate  enough  to  fall  into  the  hands  of  the 
Union  forces,  will  always  be  the  brightest  page  of  American  his 
tory.  The  rebels  who  were  in  the  Union  prisons  were  well  fed 
and  warmly  clad  and  housed,  with  the  best  medical  attendance, 
and  all  that  could  be  desired  except  their  liberty. 

RATIONS  AND   HOSPITAL. 

THE  regular  ration  consisted  of  a  pint  of  corn  meal,  in  the 
bran,  and  about  a  pound  of  beef,  with  a  little  salt,  for  each  man; 
but  a  full  ration,  even  by  this  standard,  was  never  seen.  The 
articles  received  were  of  the  most  inferior  quality.  The  meat  was 
often  unfit  for  use.  The  supply  of  cooking  utensils  was  not  suf 
ficient  for  a  fourth  of  those  who  required  them.  A  small  allow 
ance  of  wood  was  brought  in,  but  so  meager  was  the  supply,  that 
a  large  portion  of  the  men  would  have  none.  Those  having  no 
way  to  cook  their  beef  lost  it.  Provisions  could  be  bought  of  out 
siders,  but  the  prices  put  them  beyond  the  reach  of  nearly  all. 
How  some  of  the  boys  wished  for  a  supply  of  "  Northern  Indiana 
railroad"  money!  The  officers  of  the  camp  permitted  every 
advantage  to  be  taken  of  the  starving  inmates,  and  seemed  to 
co-operate  in  creating  a  demand  for  what  there  was  to  sell. 

The  hospital  was  a  new  wooden  building  erected  in  the  woods 
near  by.  It  was  large  enough  for  thirty  patients,  which  was  about 
one-third  of  the  average  sick  requiring  treatment.  Sick  men  were 
usually  carried  out  to  the  hospital  only  when  it  became  apparent 
that  death  would  soon  ensue.  In  the  hospital,  the  sick  were  put 
on  rude  wooden  bunks,  with  nothing  to  smooth  or  soften  them. 
No  blankets  or  comforts  of  any  kind  were  furnished.  The 
only  advantage  in  the  hospital,  over  the  camp,  was  that  the  men 
were  raised  off  the  ground  —  a  gain  of  dryness,  at  the  expense  of 
comfort.  The  same  rations  were  issued  to  sick  and  well.  If  a 
sick  man  had  a  blanket,  he  was  fortunate  ;  but  if  he  had  none,  he 


130  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

was  obliged  to  suffer  without  it.  The  majority  laid  almost 
naked,  on  the  bare  boards,  and  were  left  to  get  well  or  die,  as  the 
disease  or  their  constitution  determined. 

The  medical  department  was  in  keeping  with  all  else.  A  sur 
geon  was  detailed,  whose  duty  it  was  to  visit  the  sick.  He  usually 
visited  the  camp  about  once  a  week,  and  pretended  to  have  an 
inspection,  but  usually  he  came  at  such  times  as  few  only  knew  of 
of  his  presence.  When  he  was  seen,  he  issued  curses  liberally, 
and  common,  dirty  drugs  most  sparingly.  The  monthly  allowance 
of  medicines  to  camp  was  not  sufficient  for  one  day's  treatment  of 
the  more  simple  cases.  In  short,  the  whole  thing  was  a  brutal  and 
systematic  plan  to  compel  men  to  die. 

REMOVAL   TO   CAMP   GROCE. 

ON  the  12th  of  August,  506  of  the  prisoners  were  ordered  to 
Camp  Groce,  a  distance  of  200  miles  south.  The  unfortunate  ones 
were  taken  from  every  regiment  in  the  camp,  and  made  up  of  the 
unruly  members  of  the  prison  community.  Officers  and  men  who 
had  made  themselves  obnoxious  to  the  authorities  by  resisting  or 
protesting  against  their  treatment  as  prisoners  of  war,  and  those 
who  had  made  attempts  to  escape,  were  selected  to  make  up  this 
detachment. 

Not  over  ten  minutes'  notice  was  given  of  the  proposed 
march.  The  rations  of  the  day  had  not  been  issued,  and  there  was 
nothing  to  be  taken  to  eat.  Rations,  it  was  said,  would  follow  in 
wagons.  The  line  was  soon  formed  outside,  but  the  march  was 
delayed  many  hours,  while  the  men  were  kept  in  the  burning  sun, 
without  water,  wearying  with  a  delay  that  seemed  without  cause, 
except  for  the  purpose  of  torturing  them.  John  Shaffer,  Jasper  N. 
Mullins,  Robert  Lewis  and  David  Garbison,  of  the  Forty-sixth, 
being  sick,  were  not  taken,  though  called  out.  The  road,  for  the 
entire  distance,  ran  through  a  pine  and  oak  barren,  extremely 
broken,  and  interspersed  with  narrow  strips  of  timber,  with  an 
occasional  stretch  of  from  five  to  six  miles  of  desert,  without  a 
shrub  or  scarcely  a  blade  of  grass.  The  sand  was  scorching  hot 
and  ankle  deep,  and  with  the  greatest  scarcity  of  water.  Fifteen 
miles  frequently  intervened  between  watering  places.  When  water 
was  reached  it  was  scarce.  The  guards  had  to  be  served  first, 
then  the  horses,  and  then  the  men  could  try  for  it.  There  were 
not  over  fifty  canteens  in  the  lot,  and  no  way  of  carrying  water. 


CAMP    GKOCE.  131 

In  justice  to  the  guards  on  this  excursion,  it  should  be  said  that 
they  were  the  best  class  yet  met.  They  belonged  to  the  Twenty- 
first  Texas,  and  numbered  250.  The  intense  heat,  without  water, 
caused  many  of  the  prisoners  to  drop  by  the  roadside,  where  they 
were  guarded  until  night  came,  and  then  were  obliged  to  overtake 
the  column.  There  were  six  or  eight  wagons  assigned  for  the 
sick  and  exhausted,  but  they  did  not  accommodate  one-fourth  of 
the  number  of  those  utterly  unable  to  march.  Many  were  without 
shirts,  their  naked  backs  blistered  by  the  sun.  A  large  proportion 
were  without  shoes,  their  feet  burning  in  the  hot  sand.  Many 
were  with  uncovered  heads,  exposed  to  the  almost  perpendicular 
:rays  of  the  sun.  It  would  be  fruitless  to  attempt  to  portray  the 
horrors  of  that  distressing  march.  Those  who  made  it  will  never 
forget  it. 

Camp  Groce  was  at  last  made,  when  the  saddest  days  in  the 
prisoners'  experience  commenced.  There  were  confined  in  this 
camp  about  fifty  soldiers,  and  the  officers  and  crews  of  the  "  Wave" 
and  "Granite  City,"  captured  at  Calcasieu  Pass,  on  the  6th  of 
May,  1864  —  in  all,  about  150  men.  They  were  all  sick  with  fever 
and  ague.  Of  these,  eighty  died  before  November.  The  living 
were  in  the  most  destitute  condition. 

This  prison  was  fifty-one  miles  above  Houston,  on  the  Houston 
•  &  Texas  Central  railroad,  and  two  miles  from  the  town  of  Hemp- 
stead.  It  was  situated  in  a  sharp  bend  and  within  a  few  miles 
of  the  Brazos  river.  It  was  almost  entirely  surrounded  by  a  strip 
of  low,  marshy  ground,  impregnating  the  air  with  a  deadly 
malaria.  About  one  and  a  half  acres  of  ground  were  inclosed  with 
a  tight  stockade  some  twelve  feet  high.  The  prison  was  supplied 
with  water  from  two  wells,  which  were  found  filled  with  rubbish 
.and  filth.  These,  with  great  labor,  were  fitted  for  use,  and 
furnished  a  supply  of  slimy  and  unhealthy  water.  There  were 
board  barracks,  sufficient  to  accomodate  650  men,  but  in  a  most 
dilapidated  condition. 

The  rations  of  this  camp  when  the  new  delegation  arrived, 
were  some  better  than  in  the  one  just  left,  but  they  were  soon  con 
tracted  to  uncomfortable  proportions.  This  camp  was  commanded 
by  an  Irish  captain,  who  had  been  a  corporal  in  the  regular  army, 
and  was  in  Texas  at  the  breaking  out  of  the  rebellion,  when  the 
infamous  Twiggs  so  disgracefully  betrayed  his  trust,  and  gave  up 
his  command  of  trained  soldiers  to  a  cowardly  mob.  Of  the  com 
panies  of  the  prison  guards,  one  was  Irish,  one  German,  and  two 


132  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

were  Texans.  The  men  of  the  two  first  were,  almost  to  a  man,, 
loyal.  They  showed  the  prisoners  every  possible  favor  and  kind 
ness,  when  not  under  the  eye  of  their  officers.  Numerous  instances 
occurred  when  the  guards,  after  dark,  passed  out  prisoners,  and 
even  by  ropes,  let  prisoners  down  on  the  outside,  and  furnished 
them  rations  for  their  journey.  As  many  as  thirty,  in  rapid  suc 
cession,  have  gone  over  the  stockade  on  a  moonlight  night,  either 
by  the  help  of  the  guard,  or  through  their  disregard  of  duty. 
These  attempts  to  escape  were  no  more  successful  than  at  Camp 
Ford.  After  wandering  about  the  country  a  few  days,  the  fugi 
tives  were  brought  back,  having  become  sick  and  given  themselves 
up,  or  were  captured  by  the  local  force.  Some,  doubtless,  died  in 
the  wilderness. 

The  men  transferred  from  Camp  Ford  had  not  been  long  in 
their  new  quarters  before  they  were,  many  of  them,  taken  down 
with  fevers,  and  by  the  middle  of  September,  there  were  not  100 
well  men  in  the  camp.  The  prison  presented  a  most  deplorable 
spectacle.  Men  crazed  with  fever  ran  hither  and  thither,  like  mad 
men.  Night  and  day  the  cries  of  the  sick  filled  the  air.  Men 
awakened  in  the  morning,  after  a  night  of  horror,  to  find  their 
bunk-mates  dead  by  their  side.  No  medicines  were  to  be  had  until 
disease  had  become  general  in  the  camp,  and  many  were  beyond 
the  reach  of  any  remedy.  The  surgeon  whose  duty  it  was  to  visit 
the  sick  seldom  came,  and  when  he  did  he  was  drunk,  and  dis 
tributed  curses  instead  of  medicine.  Many  days  would  pass  before 
any  medical  attendance  or  relief,  beyond  what  could  be  furnished 
by  the  prisoners,  could  be  had.  This  hideous  drama  was  most 
appropriately  closed  by  the  death  of  the  fiendish  surgeon  with, 
delirium  tremens. 

After  this,  those  who  were  thought  too  sick  to  be  treated  in 
camp,  were  taken  to  the  hospital  at  Hempstead.  From  ten  to 
fifteen  sick  men  would  be  jammed  into  a  wagon  and  carried  to  the 
hospital,  over  rough  roads,  and  through  the  scorching  sun.  Four 
men  died  during  these  murderous  transits,  and  were  rattled  along 
with  their  suffering  comrades  to  town. 

THE   HOSPITAL  AT   HEMPSTEAD. 

THIS  institution  was  the  low  garret  of  a  church.  The  roof 
was  almost  within  reach  of  the  patients.  There  was  no  side  win 
dow —  no  place  for  ventilation  except  the  small  gable  windows.. 


HEMPSTEAD.  133 

The  inner  view  of  this  den  was  most  horrible.  There  was  only 
enough  light  to  make  the  scene  visible,  and  the  filthy  and  noisome 
effluvia  that  pervaded  the  place,  drove  away  all  who  were  not  com 
pelled  to  remain.  The  fresh  air,  so  greatly  needed  by  the  fevered 
-sufferers,  seemed  to  turn  in  disgust  and  abhorrence  from  the  thresh- 
hold  of  this  cavern. 

The  sick  were  crowded  together  as  thick  as  it  was  possible  to 
wedge  them  —  one  tier  over  another,  on  rough  boards,  and  gener 
ally  with  no  mattress  or  straw.  If  a  man  had  no  blanket,  which 
was  generally  the  case,  he  laid  in  his  rags  on  the  hard  boards. 
There  were  a  few  mattresses  belonging  to  the  Confederacy,  but 
these,  from  long  use,  had  become  so  foul  that  they  were  refused 
by  all.  Helpless  and  without  assistance,  the  sick  were  compelled 
to  disregard  all  considerations  of  cleanliness. 

CHANGE  OF  CAMP. 

IN  September  the  yellow  fever  broke  out  at  Galveston,  and 
soon  reached  Houston  and  other  points  north.  The  Confederate 
guard  at  the  prison,  fearing  the  disease  might  reach  the  camp, 
openly  threatened  to  leave  and  let  the  prisoners  take  care  of  them 
selves.  OH  this  the  authorities  determined  to  move  the  camp. 
On  the  20th  the  prisoners  were  taken  west  of  the  Brazos  river  and 
encamped  twenty-five  miles  from  the  railroad,  on  a  low,  wet, 
marshy  creek  bottom. 

There  were  now  only  500  of  the  original  650  men  left.  Of 
these  only  seventy- five  were  well.  On  the  journey  the  sick  were 
crowded  together  in  rough  wagons,  fifteen  to  a  load.  Only  those 
who  were  not  able  to  walk  were  allowed  to  ride.  Those  whom  the 
bayonet  could  persuade  along  were  obliged  to  march  on  foot.  Very 
few  were  able  to  make  each  day's  march  with  any  comfort,  but  they 
had  to  go  or  suffer  constant  insult  and  abuse.  The  transportation 
was  limited,  and  many  dragged  themselves  along  until  they  could 
do  so  no  longer,  when  they  fell  exhausted  and  were  left  to  follow 
when  they  could,  or  be  picked  up  when  it  suited  the  guard  to  go 
back  for  them.  On  this  move  six  men  died  in  the  wagons,  and 
were  hastily  tumbled  into  holes  dug  by  the  wayside. 

At  this  camp,  sick  and  well  alike  had  no  beds  but  the  damp 
ground,  and  no  shelter  but  such  as  they  could  construct  with  brush. 
They  were  closely  packed  on  less  than  half  an  acre  of  ground, 
where  the  cooking  and  living  was  done.  Sinks  were  dug  inside 


134  THE    FOKTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

the  lines,  which  in  the  hot  sun  became  unendurable.  Water  was 
obtained  from  pools  along  the  bed  of  the  creek  —  green,  filthy  and 
rank  with  disease  and  death.  As  usual,  above  the  camp  the  horses 
of  the  rebels,  numbering  nearly  500,  were  kept,  watered  and  cleaned. 
The  dirt  of  a  filthy  rebel  camp  was  intentionally  thrown  into  the 
water.  On  the  banks  of  the  stream  were  the  sinks  of  the  rebels. 
The  rains  brought  down  all  this  disgusting  material,  and  left  the 
prisoners  no  alternative  but  to  use  that  water  or  none. 

The  sickness  rapidly  increased.  The  medical  appliances  were 
less  plenty  than  at  the  other  pens.  Each  morning  roll-call  found 
men  present  in  body  but  absent  in  spirit.  Death  had  released  them. 
The  dead  would  be  found  lying  upon  the  ground  in  the  mud, 
having  been  denied  the  satisfaction  of  a  bed,  and  with  no  covering 
except  the  miserable  rags  forming  their  dress.  Around  these 
would  be  set  a  guard  —  a  formality  meant  to  be  considered  respect 
ful,  but,  under  the  circumstances,  an  insult. 

ANOTHER  MOVE. 

ON  the  3d  of  October,  owing  to  heavy  rains  and  cold  winds, 
it  was  decreed  again  to  move  the  camp.  A  march  of  twenty-five 
miles  was  made  to  an  old  camp  meeting  ground,  near  the  town  of 
Chappel  Hill,  where  were  some  sheds  and  shelter,  upon  which  the 
encampment  was  formed.  The  move  from  the  old  camp  was  much 
like  the  former  marches,  rendered  worse  by  a  more  general  and 
thorough  exhaustion  of  the  men.  Now,  a  well  man  was  a  curiosity 
—  none  were  well.  As  before,  several  died  on  the  wagons  or  by 
the  roadside. 

The  new  camp  was  also  located  on  a  piece  of  wet  ground. 
There  was  a  springy  ridge  above  it,  which  kept  the  pen  constantly 
damp.  As  before,  there  was  no  shelter  for  the  prisoners,  and  they 
had  the  ground  only  for  a  bed.  The  cold  rains  of  October  had 
now  set  in,  and  night  after  night  the  camp  resounded  with  the 
piteous  moans  of  the  sick  and  suffering,  aggravated  by  the  distress 
ing  cough,  which  never  ceased.  Ghostly  forms  crowded  around 
scanty  fires,  striving  to  warm  their  attenuated  bodies,  and  keep  in 
circulation  the  sluggish  blood.  And  this  experience  ran  through 
many  nights  of  rain  and  wind. 

About  the  15th  of  October,  for  the  first  time,  the  prison  was 
furnished  with  better  medicines,  but  still  far  from  a  sufficiency  ~ 
A  surgeon,  comparatively  a  humane  man,  abounding  in  good 


CHAPPEL    HILL    PRISON.  135 

promises,  of  limited  action  and  energy,  was  allotted  to  the  prison. 
Health  began  to  improve,  but  the  death  rate  was  four  or  five  per 
day.  There  was  abundant  shelter  for  2,000  men,  consisting  of 
sheds  and  board  houses,  erected  by  and  for  the  families  who  came 
there  for  religious  purposes,  in  times  past.  In  these  were  quar 
tered  about  400  soldiers  —  the  guard;  the  rest  was  taken  up  by 
the  horses,  equipments  and  forage.  The  established  system  to 
wear  out  and  destroy  the  prisoners  would  have  been  defeated  in  a 
measure,  had  they  been  allowed  to  have  occupied  the  sheds  that 
were  empty.  About  the  last  of  October,  the  yellow  fever  having 
subsided,  the  prisoners  were  moved  back  to  Camp  Groce.  On  this 
journey,  after  having  tramped  over  400  miles  from  the  place  of 
capture,  the  first  railroad  transportation  of  the  campaign  was  fur 
nished  the  prisoners,  and  a  ride  of  fifteen  miles  enjoyed  by  them. 

The  condition  of  the  men  on  their  return  to  Camp  Groce  was 
most  deplorable.  There  were  440  of  the  original  number.  With 
the  exception  of  six  successful  escapes,  all  the  rest  had  fallen  vic 
tims  of  the  infamous  treatment  to  which  they  had  been  subjected 
by  the  scoundrels  who  had  them  in  charge.  Not  one  in  ten  of  the 
prisoners  had  a  hat,  about  one  in  twenty  a  blanket,  a  few  had 
shirts,  a  few  pantaloons,  but  the  majority  were  clothed  in  collec 
tions  of  rags  that  defied  description.  Only  a  few  had  shoes. 

What  are  known  as  "northers,"  now  frequently  occurred. 
Their  suddenness  rendered  them  more  severe.  Often,  with  the 
thermometer  at  seventy,  dark  clouds  would  start  up  in  the  north 
west,  and  in  one  or  two  hours  the  temperature  would  fall  to  thirty- 
five.  As  the  season  advanced,  these  storms  increased  in  frequency 
and  intensity,  and  they  were  more  effective  on  the  prisoners  than  a 
regular  spell  of  colder  weather.  The  general  misery  of  the  pris 
oners  was  greatly  augmented  by  their  inability  to  hear  from 
home,  or  in  any  way  to  obtain  information  in  relation  to  the 
progress  of  the  war.  Nothing  was  known  about  the  great  armies 
of  the  Nation  —  of  their  condition  or  progress.  The  exaggerated 
stories  of  the  rebels  were  known  to  be  false,  because  unreason 
able  and  improbable.  It  was  known  that  the  Red  river  expe 
dition  was  a  disastrous  failure,  and  it  was  feared  that  similar 
defeats  had  been  suffered  in  other  departments. 

Nothing  had  been  heard  of  the  Forty-sixth  regiment  but  what 
was  contained  in  a  short  letter  from  Colonel  Bringhurst,  written 
about  June  14th,  while  on  the  Mississippi,  to  Colonel  Flory.  At 
the  time,  the  regiment  was  going  home  on  "veteran  furlough." 


136  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

At  Camp  Ford,  in  November,  a  letter  was  received  from  Colonel 
B.,  by  the  four  members  of  the  regiment  then  remaining.  It 
informed  them  that  the  regiment  was  in  Kentucky.  With  these 
exceptions,  nothing  was  known  of  the  comrades  of  the  prisoners, 
with  whom  they  had  been  constantly  in  company,  in  camp  or  field, 
for  nearly  three  years.  The  Houston  Telegraph  was  the  vehicle 
of  news  received  by  the  neighborhood  about  Camp  Groce.  In  it 
were  published  the  most  startling  accounts  of  Federal  defeats  and 
rebel  victories.  Every  action  was  a  Federal  disaster,  and  ruin 
seemed  constantly  impending  over  the  Nation.  With  all  this, 
there  ran  through  the  rebel  soldiery  an  anticipation  of  defeat, 
which  belied  all  their  boasts  and  predictions. 

At  Camp  Ford,  on  the  4th  of  July,  the  commandant  permitted 
the  prisoners  to  celebrate  the  day,  with  the  condition  that  no 
reference  was  to  be  made  to  the  war,  or  to  the  questions  at  issue 
between  the  North  and  the  South,  in  speeches.  Colonel  Dugane, 
of  the  Seventy-fifth  New  York;  Colonel  Flory,  of  the  Forty-sixth 
Indiana,  and  Captain  Crocker,  of  the  gunboat  Clifton,  and  others, 
made  patriotic  speeches,  which  were  highly  appreciated  by  the 
large  audience.  Patriotic  songs  were  sung,  and  over  300  sat  down 
to  dinner,  at  the  aristocratic  price  of  four  dollars  a  ticket. 

On  the  8th  of  November,  the  Camp  Ford  prisoners  held  an 
election  for  President  of  the  United  States.  The  matter  was  first 
suggested  by  the  rebel  commandant,  Colonel  Brown.  He  said  the 
votes  of  men  coming  from  so  many  States  would  indicate  the  result 
in  the  actual  vote.  The  idea  was  readily  adopted  by  the  prisoners, 
and  preparations  made  for  the  important  occasion.  The  camp  was 
divided  into  wards,  and  persons  indicated  distributed  slips  of 
paper  in  each.  At  roll-call,  on  the  morning  of  the  8th,  the  tickets 
were  dropped  into  hats,  brought  together,  and  counted.  The  pro 
ceeding  was  altogether  fair.  There  was  no  bribery  nor  undue 
influence  used.  The  count  showed  615  votes  for  General  McClel- 
lan  and  1,665  for  Mr.  Lincoln.  To  make  the  affair  more  real,  sev 
eral  fights  came  off,  with  the  usual  amount  of  damage  to  the  par 
ticipants.  Colonel  Brown  was  astonished  at  the  result.  He  had 
predicted  another  result,  now  he  declared  that  Mr.  Lincoln  would  be 
re-elected,  and  admitted  the  probable  collapse  of  the  Confederacy. 
He  bought  three  gallons  of  whisky,  and,  with  his  officers,  got  glo 
riously  drunk  over  the  "  indication." 

On  the  15th  of  December,  342  men  and  officers,  including  all 
of  the  Forty-sixth  present,  were  notified  that  they  were  to  be 


NEW    ORLEANS.  137 

paroled  and  to  proceed  to  New  Orleans,  by  way  of  Houston  and 
'Galveston,  immediately.  It  did  not  take  long  to  prepare  for  that 
move. 

The  paroled  men  were  conveyed  to  Galveston  by  railroad, 
where  they  were  detained  only  a  few  hours,  as  a  steamer  was  await 
ing  them.  With  some  of  the  rebel  guards,  who  were" as  anxious  to 
get  away,  the  late  prisoners  were  soon  happy  and  safe  under  the 
stars  and  stripes.  In  thirty-six  hours  the  party  was  landed  on  the 
New  Orleans  levee,  and  felt  that  the  sufferings  of  so  many  weary 
months  were  over. 

During  the  voyage  across  the  gulf,  John  Cunningham,  of  the 
Forty-sixth,  died  and  was  buried  at  sea.  Joseph  Davis,  of  the 
Forty-sixth,  died  in  the  hospital  shortly  after  reaching  New  Orleans. 
-After  living  through  so  much,  thus  to  die  almost  in  sight  of  home! 

Of  this  regiment,  John  Meredith  died  at  Camp  Ford,  Jacob 
Oliver  at  Hempstead,  and  Robert  Lewis  and  George  Lane  at  Camp 
Groce.  Thomas  S.  Evans  died  on  the  plains,  in  endeavoring  to 
escape.  Information  was  brought  from  Camp  Ford,  by  Jasper  N. 
Mullins,  who  left  there  in  March.  There  were  then  1,500  Federal 
prisoners  there,  among  them  Daniel  Garbinson,  the  only  representa 
tive  of  the  Forty-sixth. 

At  Shreveport,  among  others  of  different  regiments,  were  John 
Shaffer,  Alexander  Reed  and  William  Bacome.  The  two  latter 
had  escaped  from  Camp  Groce,  were  retaken,  and  taken  to  Shreve 
port.  Mullins  escaped  from  Camp  Ford  by  taking  the  place  of 
Enoch  O'Brien,  of  the  Forty-third  Indiana.  That  regiment  was 
-called  out  for  parole,  and  as  O'Brien's  death,  which  had  occurred  a 
month  before,  was  undiscovered,  Mullins  answered  to  the  name  and 
•was  paroled. 

On  the  13th  of  November,  Lieutenant  Colonel  Flory,  of  the 
Forty-sixth,  and  Captain  W.  B.  Loring,  of  the  United  States  Navy, 
left  the  prison  at  4  o'clock  in  the  afternoon.  It  was  the  custom  of 
the  prison  commandant  to  give  passes  each  day  to  Federal  officers 
to  pass  out  on  parole,  not  to  escape.  On  this  occasion,  a  pass  wras 
'written  by  one  of  these  officers,  who  put  the  commandant's  name 
to  it.  With  their  blankets  under  their  arms,  ostensibly  to  collect 
;brush,  they  presented  themselves  at  the  gate,  showed  the  passes 
and  went  out.  They  had  previously  sent  out,  by  friends,  some 
provisions  and  rebel  clothing,  which  had  been  deposited  in  an 
appointed  place.  On  getting  out,  the  officers  went  to  a  thicket  and 
-waited  until  dark,  in  the  meantime  putting  on  the  Confederate 


138  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

suits.  At  dark  they  started,  and  traveled  as  rapidly  and  steadily 
as  possible  all  night.  It  was  estimated  that  they  made  at  least 
thirty  miles  that  night,  which  put  them  beyond  the  hounds.  The 
escape  was  discovered  the  next  morning,  and  the  cavalry  and 
hounds  immediately  put  on  their  track,  but  neither  made  that  day 
the  distance  covered  by  the  fugitives  the  night  before,  and  the 
chase  was  given  up.  At  daylight  the  travelers  stopped  u  twenty 
minutes  for  breakfast,"  and  pushed  on,  and  in  twenty-four  hours 
after  leaving  prison,  were  fifty-five  miles  away,  with  twenty  miles 
of  swamp  between  them  and  their  old  abode.  The  prisoners  were 
then  on  the  head  waters  of  the  San  Jacinto,  aud  in  a  perfect 
wilderness. 

This  description  of  country  extends  a  distance  of  100  miles,, 
and  is  without  a  sign  of  habitation.  The  region  is  traversed  by 
the  San  Jacinto,  the  Trinity  and  the  Neches  rivers,  with  their 
numerous  tributaries,  and  is  covered  with  heavy  timber  and  dense 
canebrakes,  matted  together  with  briers  and  other  kinds  of  tangled 
growth,  common  to  some  parts  of  the  South.  Heavy  pine  forests 
lay  across  the  track,  hundreds  of  acres  of  which  had  fallen  from 
the  effects  of  fire,  forming  a  most  intricate  abatis,  grown  up  with 
an  immense  growth  of  blackberry  briers,  often  ten  feet  high,  and, 
under  ordinary  circumstances,  impenetrable.  The  fugitives  were 
obliged,  for  many  rods,  to  cut  their  way  through  these  jungles 
with  a  knife,  and  then  pass  into  a  canebrake  of  enormous  growth, 
equally  laborious  and  discouraging.  Passing  these,  there  would 
be  a  stream  to  cross,  which  must  be  swam,  again  to  enter  upon  the 
same  experience  on  the  other  side. 

Thus  they  traveled  day  by  day,  with  food  in  their  haversacks 
to  tempt  them,  but  which  must  last  them  at  least  ten  days.  The 
stock  —  twelve  pounds  of  bread  and  two  pounds  of  coffee  and 
sugar  —  must  hold  out  until  the  cultivated  districts  were  reached. 

On  the  20th  they  crossed  the  Neches  river,  quite  a  large  stream. 
Heavy  rains  having  fallen  for  two  days,  the  country  was  flooded, 
and  all  the  streams  were  full.  Owing  to  the  cloudy  weather,  they 
were  not  able  to  travel  for  two  days.  With  no  compass,  it  was 
impossible  to  keep  the  direction  in  a  wilderness  without  the  sun- 
or  stars.  Again  getting  a  glimpse  of  the  sun,  and  by  good  guess 
ing,  the  fugitives  marched  on.  At  last,  food  all  gone,  hungry  and 
wet,  they  reached  a  cornfield,  the  limit  of  civilization.  They  at 
once  filled  their  haversacks  with  corn,  built  a  fire  in  the  woods,, 
and  on  a  tin-plate  cooked  their  grated  corn-meal. 


FLORY    AND    LORING.  139' 

Having  reached  a  part  of  the  country  where  discovery  was 
possible,  they  prepared  for  night  marching.  At  dark  they  started, 
guided  by  the  moon,  and  made  the  greatest  possible  distance  by 
morning.  They  had  water  to  wade,  bayous  to  swim,  and  tangled 
canebrakes  to  penetrate.  About  the  25th  a  cold  norther  sprung 
up,  and  ice  froze  on  the  water.  Struggling  through  this  was  labo 
rious  and  discouraging. 

As  the  travelers  approached  the  eastern  line  of  Texas,  which 
is  the  Sabine  river,  they  became  entangled  in  bayous,  which 
formed  a  perfect  network.  Scarcely  had  they  passed  one  before- 
another  was  met.  For  two  nights  they  marched  hard  without,  as  it^ 
was  afterward  learned,  making  any  material  advance.  Coming  at 
length  to  a  saw-mill,  they  discovered  a  negro  in  a  boat.  They 
secreted  themselves  in  the  brush  until  dark,  when,  stealing  cau 
tiously  up,  they  borrowed  the  boat  and  quietly  drifted  out  into  the 
bayou.  When  out  of  hearing,  they  rowed  down  the  stream. 
Down  this  bayou  the  navigators  rowed  until  3  o'clock  in  the  morn 
ing,  when,  coming  to  a  larger  one,  running  south,  they  thought, 
themselves  in  the  Sabine  river.  Crossing  this,  they  set  the  boat 
adrift  and  took  an  eastern  course,  through  a  dense  cypress  forest. 
The  sky  being  overcast  with  clouds,  they  had  no  guide  for  direc 
tion.  After  three  hours'  march,  in  daylight,  they  were  startled  by 
finding  fresh  tracks,  and  came  to  the  conclusion  that  they  were  fol 
lowed;  but  on  examination  they  proved  to  be  their  own  tracks,  and 
they  found  themselves  not  over  200  yards  from  where  they  landed. 
That  day's  march  was  made  through  briars  and  swamps.  Three 
times  they  were  compelled  to  build  rafts,  undress  and  swim  streams,, 
two  of  which  were  fully  100  yards  wide,  swift,  and  very  cold.. 
Three  times  that  day  they  crossed  their  own  path,  it  being  almost 
impossible  to  keep  direction  —  getting  only  an  occasional  glimpse^ 
of  the  sun.  Night  found  the  fugitives  on  a  plain  traveled  road,, 
which,  after  a  good  rest,  they  followed  all  night,  wading  mud  and 
water  and  swimming  a  very  wide,  cold  stream.  At  daylight  they 
entered  a  dense  wood,  built  a  fire  and  parched  and  eat  their  last 
corn. 

They  took  the  road  again  at  night,  and  coming  to  a  dilapidated1 
hut,  learned  from  a  woman  that  they  had  passed,  during  the  night,, 
the  road  they  should  have  taken.  A  retreat  was  made,  and  at 
dark  the  travelers  found  the  road,  and  stopped  at  a  house  for  the- 
night.  Here  the  party  got  a  good  supper,  bed  and  breakfast,  and 
discovered,  after  a  careful  course  of  questioning,  that  instead  of" 


140  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

"foeing  east  of  the  Sabine  and  out  of  Texas,  they  were  on  the  west 
•side  of  that  river  and  only  five  miles  from  where  they  set  out 
thirty-six  hours  before. 

Early  next  day  the  river  was  reached,  and  crossed  on  an  old 
table  turned  bottom  up.  Now  there  was  no  mistake,  and  the  fugi 
tives  must  be  prepared  for  bold  movements  before  starting.  They 
had  prepared  orders  with  the  signature  of  the  colonel  of  a  Texas 
regiment  directing  them  to  go  to  their  homes  near  Vermillionville, 
Louisiana,  to  remount  and  refit.  The  order  stated  that  their  horses 
had  died,  and  the  men  were  out  of  clothes.  It  was  now  the  inten 
sion  to  push  boldly  on  as  rebel  soldiers.  As  such  they  successfully 
passed  Niblet's  Bluffs,  went  through  the  fortifications,  eat  dinner 
-with  the  rebels,  and  handled  the  "  vandal  Yankees "  without 
mercy.  Here,  incidentally,  the  travelers  gathered  all  necessary 
information  in  regard  to  stopping  places  on  the  road. 

They  were  forty-five  miles  from  Lake  Charles,  the  most  dan 
gerous  point  on  the  road,  where  a  number  of  escaped  men  had  been 
recaptured  and  sent  back.  On  the  evening  of  the  30th  of  Novem 
ber  the  travelers  reached  the  city,  crossed  boldly  over  at  the  ferry, 
and  lodged  with  the  ferryman,  at  whose  house  was  a  squad  of  pro- 
~vost  guards.  Their  papers  were  examined  and  pronounced  good. 
'On  the  morning  of  the  1st,  they  rode  in  the  wagon  of  their  host, 
which  took  them  twelve  miles  on  the  road,  and,  with  a  letter  of 
introduction  to  a  friend,  dismissed  the  travelers  with  his  best 
wishes  and  hopes  for  the  Confederacy.  Traveling  some  twenty 
>miles,  the  ferryman's  friend  was  found,  who  treated  the  "  boys 
from  Vermillionville"  with  magnificent  hospitality. 

On  the  2d  the  fugitives  traveled  hard  over  a.  low,  flat  prairie, 
covered  with  water,  and  met  the  most  dangerous  adventure  of  the 
trip.  A  Confederate  colonel,  stationed  at  Lake  Charles,  met  the 
fugitives  on  the  road,  and  demanded  their  papers.  They  were 
handed  over  and  closely  examined.  He  deliberately  gave  it  as  his 
opinion  that  the  men  were  escaped  Yankees,  and  that  the  papers 
were  forgeries.  This  insult  was  promptly  resented  in  a  becoming 
^manner,  but  it  required  very  careful  management  and  skillful 
talking  to  convince  the  colonel  that  the  party  was  truly  Con 
federate.  This  was  finally  accomplished,  and  the  chivalrous  officer 
atoned  for  his  unjust  suspicions  by  adding  his  name  to  the  papers. 
'This  made  the  papers  good  up  to  Vermillionville,  the  point  men 
tioned.  Approaching  that  town,  it  was  deemed  safer  to  travel  by 
might  and  hide  by  day.  There  were  Confederate  troops  at  every 


FLORY    AND    LORING.  1411 

station  and  on  the  road,  and  the  danger  would  be  increasing  as  the- 
Federal  lines  were  approached.  After  marching  the  first  night 
until  4  o'clock,  a  heavy  rain  came  on.  The  men  waited  until  day 
light  and  discovered  a  wood  about  a  mile  distant.  Here  they 
determined  to  remain  all  day,  but  found  the  wood  to  be  only  a 
narrow  strip  of  oak,  with  no  brush,  a  house  on  either  side  not 
twenty  rods  off,  and  with  the  scene  not  improved  by  a  negro  riding 
from  one  house  to  the  other.  Being  almost  discovered  by  the 
negro,  and  most  probably  seen  from  one  of  the  houses,  they  were- 
forced  to  come  out.  They  found  an  officer  at  home  on  leave,  and 
two  rebel  soldiers  on  furlough.  The  clothes  of  the  fugitives  were- 
soaking  wet,  and  they  were  almost  frozen,  as  a  norther  had  come 
with  daylight.  The  rebels  made  them  welcome  and  gave  them 
hot  coffee  and  good  seats  at  the  fire.  They  remained  until  after 
dinner,  and  were  treated  with  the  greatest  kindness.  A  rebel  gov 
ernment  wagon  train,  going  east,  was  overtaken,  and  the  travelers- 
rode  until  night. 

The  fugitives  passed  the  night  of  the  3d  of  December  in  the- 
woods  near  Vermillionville,  where  the  Forty-sixth  Regiment  had 
encamped  the  year  before.  Colonel  Flory  had  been  over  this  road 
several  times,  and  remembered  it.  The  travelers  had  now  about 
eighty  miles  to  the  Union  line,  and  walking  by  night,  hiding  by 
day,  and  living  on  parched  corn,  they  made  the  march.  They  met 
squads  of  rebels  on  the  road,  but  would  turn  off  as  soon  as  they 
would  see  them.  They  passed  around  the  towns,  and  had  no  fur 
ther  trouble,  reaching  Berwick  Bay  on  the  7th  of  December.  A 
gunboat  lying  in  the  stream  was  hailed,  but  no  boat  was  sent  over 
until  morning,  when  they  were  taken  on  board,  the  most  com 
pletely  overjoyed  men  of  whom  it  was  possible  to  conceive.  Their 
Confederate  rags  were  soon  stripped  off  and  suits  of  navy  blue 
given  them.  They  were  once  again  under  the  stars  and  stripes,, 
and  with  reverence  looked  on  the  old  flag. 

In  twenty-five  days  these  men  traveled  500  miles,  swam  twenty 
streams,  pushing  their  clothes  before  them,  on  rafts;  for  twenty 
days  they  were  in  the  water  almost  constantly,  and  for  days  had 
nothing  to  eat  but  corn. 

Sergeant  Joseph  Carr  and  Jacob  Guess,  both  of  Company  G, 
of  the  Forty-sixth  Indiana,  escaped  from  the  stockade  at  Camp. 
Groce  on  the  night  of  the  3d  of  September.  A  good  singer  of  the 
One  Hundred  and  Thirtieth  Illinois,  who  frequently  officiated  in 
this  duty,  was  employed  in  attracting  the  attention  of  the  guard. 


142  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

When  the  entertainment  was  at  its  height,  the  fugitives  climbed 
the  stockade,  dropped  over,  and  made  the  best  possible  time  until 
daylight.  At  that  time  they  had  only  twenty-five  miles  between 
them  and  the  prison,  and  were  clear  of  the  hounds.  All  the  next 
day  they  laid  in  a  prairie,  near  a  small  town.  The  sun  was  very 
hot,  and  they  obtained  but  little  rest.  They  made  a  good  march, 
but  were  much  fatigued.  On  the  third  night  they  came  to  and 
crossed  the  San  Jacinto  and  passed  through  an  immense  canebrake. 
On  the  other  side  was  a  cornfield,  from  which  they  obtained  roast 
ing  ears.  The  next  morning  they  found  themselves,  after  a  labo 
rious  night's  march,  surrounded  by  a  settlement.  They  made  a 
detour  and  were  not  seen.  It  was  not  safe  to  proceed,  so  they  laid 
by  all  day,  only  three  hundred  yards  from  a  house  on  either  side, 
and  between  which  negroes  with  dogs  frequently  passed.  During 
the  next  night  the  fugitives  came  to  a  railroad  on  Trinity  river. 
While  passing  a  plantation  house,  the  men  were  attacked  by  dogs, 
which  alarmed  and  brought  out  the  proprietor.  They  asked  for 
water,  when  the  man  began  to  ask  suspicious  questions,  which 
scared  the  travelers  and  they  started  on.  Can*  subsequently  learned 
that  this  man  was  an  ardent  sympathizer  with  escaping  prisoners, 
and  would  have  assisted  them  had  they  remained  long  enough  to 
have  satisfied  him  of  their  character. 

Carr  and  his  companion  then  struck  a  line  of  Union  posts, 
fifteen,  twenty  and  twenty-four  miles  apart,  with  whom  they  rested 
after  their  night's  march.  These  points  were  inhabited  by  Union 
people,  who  often  assisted  Union  men.  At  one  of  these  places,  the 
man  being  from  home,  the  women  directed  the  men  where  to  hide, 
and  then  sent  them  food.  She  told  them  that  if  they  would 
remain  another  day,  she  would  prepare  them  a  quantity  of  pro 
visions,  and  send  them  some  clothing.  They  remained,  for  both 
were  sick  and  exhausted.  The  next  day  a  friendly  Irishman 
brought  out  enough  clothing  to  make  them  comfortable,  and  a 
quantity  of  good  provisions.  They  were  now  six  days  out,  and 
Guess  had  become  so  sick  that  he  was  unable  to  proceed.  He  went 
to  a  neighboring  house,  acknowledged  himself  an  escaped  prisoner, 
and  was  taken  back  to  the  stockade,  from  Beaumont,  on  the  train. 
Carr  went  on  alone,  traveling  during  the  night  and  lying  by  in  the 
daytime. 

The  stations  on  the  railroad  were  kept  by  other  than  Southern 
people.  They  assisted  escaping  prisoners,  in  nearly  all  cases,  and 
directed  the  fugitives  from  place  to  place.  One  station  beyond  the 


CARR    AND    GUESS.  143 

.Sabine  ended  the  friendly  route.  Here,  when  fifteen  days  from 
the  prison,  Carr  had  become  very  sick,  and  was  obliged  to  halt. 
He  had  been  lying  out  in  the  woods  during  the  day  and  staying  in 
a  friendly  house  at  night.  He  could  not  remain  in  the  house  dur 
ing  the  day,  because  of  the  railroad  hands.  He  became  rapidly 
worse,  and  determined  to  give  himself  up.  The  man  who  had 
been  taking  care  of  him  took  him  back  to  Beaumont  on  a  hand 
car,  twenty-five  miles.  Here,  Carr  went  to  a  friendly  house,  but 
finding  that  the  family  could  not  conceal  him,  directed  the  proprie 
tor  to  go  to  the  military  commandant  and  inform  him  of  the  situa 
tion.  Carr  was  then  arrested  and  taken  down  to  Sabine  City,  to 
the  hospital.  He  became  very  ill,  and  remained  there  four  weeks, 
when  he  was  promoted  to  the  guard-house.  There  being  a  fleet  of 
Federal  vessels  in  the  bay,  Carr  wrote,  under  a  flag  of  truce,  to  the 
commandant,  describing  the  condition  of  himself  and  another 
prisoner,  and  asking  for  some  clothes.  After  some  delay,  a  boat, 
under  a  flag,  came  off  with  a  package  containing  a  splendid  suit 
of  sailors'  clothing  for  each  man.  The  suit  embraced  every  article 
prescribed  by  navy  regulations.  That  the  fit  was  not  exact  was 
not  the  fault  of  the  donors.  A  letter  accompanying  the  clothes, 
stated  that  the  suits  were  the  gift  of  the  oflicers  and  men  of  the 
United  States  ship  Pocahontas.  Subsequently  Carr's  shoes  were 
stolen  by  the  guard,  afterward  his  stockings,  and  finally  his  over 
coat.  He  saved  the  remainder  of  his  suit  by  sleeping  in  it. 

After  being  in  the  guard-house  five  weeks,  and  being  perfectly 
recovered,  Carr  was  sent  back  to  the  stockade,  and  created  an 
immense  sensation  on  his  entree  with  his  fine  clothes. 

Dennis  Bagley,  of  Company  G,  escaped  from  the  stockade  on 
the  15th  of  October.  He  took  a  wrong  direction,  and  was  seen  by 
a  negro,  wading  the  river.  The  unusual  circumstance  was  reported 
by  the  boy  to  his  master,  who  informed  some  home  guards,  who 
followed  and  arrested  Bagley  as  he  was  resting  on  a  log.  He  was 
returned  to  the  stockade  the  next  day,  almost  before  he  was 
missed.  Another  opportunity  offering  on  the  night  of  the  16th  of 
November,  Bagley  again  went  out  with  William  Cook,  of  Company 
K  of  the  Forty-sixth,  and  a  member  of  the  Thirty-fourth  Indiana. 
They  traveled  east,  and  had  good  success  until  they  came  to  the 
Sabine  river,  where  they  were  seen  and  suspected.  They  were 
halted  at  Sibley's  Bluff,  where  the  three  men  arresting  them  went 
into  a  house.  Bagley  ran  off  and  escaped.  His  comrades,  unwill 
ing  to  take  the  risk,  were  retained.  But  Bagley  was  fairly  cap- 


144  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

tured  the  next  day  at  the  fatal  Lake  Charles,  where  he  was  securely 
locked  up  in  prison.  After  six  days'  confinement,  he  was  taken 
toward  Alexandria.  When  within  forty  miles  of  the  city,  a  dance 
was  gotten  up  one  evening  at  the  camp  fire  by  some  Federal  pris 
oners,  and  Bagley  and  a  member  of  a  Missouri  regiment,  taking 
advantage  of  the  inattention  of  the  guards,  again  slipped  out. 
The  escaped  men  traveled  rapidly  all  night,  and  were  not  over 
taken.  They  kept  on  at  nights,  and,  passing  near  Chinaville, 
came  along  the  Red  river  road.  At  one  place  they  came  unex 
pectedly  upon  a  negro  in  the  woods.  He  knew  what  they  were, 
but  assured  them  that  he  would  not  expose  them.  After  getting 
them  food,  he  got  a  horse  and  piloted  them  twelve  miles.  Subse 
quently,  when  they  heard  chopping  in  the  woods,  the  men  would, 
go  directly  to  the  negroes  and  obtain  food  and  advice  from  them. 

At  Lake  Charles,  Bagley  heard  of  Colonel  Flory  and  his  com 
panion.  The  officer  wTho  had  met  them  had  become  convinced  that 
he  had  been  imposed  on,  and  that  the  travelers  were  "the  worst 
kind  of  Yankees."  He  was  annoyed  at  his  own  stupidity. 

The  travelers  crossed  the  numerous  bayous  on  the  road,  and 
finally  struck  the  Atchafalaya.  The  great  width  of  the  stream 
for  a  time  baffled  them,  but  after  much  labor  they  got  over.  They 
were  now  within  a  day's  march  of  the  Mississippi  river,  and  began 
to  be  extremely  anxious  and  fearful.  On  the  east  side  of  the 
Atchafalaya,  they  stopped  to  get  breakfast  at  a  house  on  the  road 
side.  They  passed  for  Confederate  soldiers,  and  were  invited  to 
sit  down  to  breakfast.  The  proprietor  had  been  a  heavy  sufferer 
from  Federal  soldiers,  taking  every  horse  he  had,  with  much  other 
property.  He  waxed  wroth  in  relating  the  outrages  practiced 
upon  him  by  the  Yankees.  The  fugitives  became  alarmed  at  his 
vindictive  utterances,  and  thought  themselves  discovered.  The 
breakfast  they  were  eating  was  rapidly  disposed  of,  and  they  were 
glad  to  find  themselves  again  on  the  outside.  There  was  no  ques 
tion  but  what  the  man  knew  what  his  visitors  were,  and  was  only 
prevented  from  attacking  them  from  prudential  considerations. 
The  next  day,  December  16,  brought  the  wanderers  to  Morganza, 
where  they  were  once  more  under  the  stars  and  stripes. 

In  August,  some  thirty  men  of  the  Forty-sixth  escaped  from 
the  stockade  at  Camp  Groce.  They  scaled  the  walls  one  bright 
moonlight  night  unobserved,  while  a  party  of  singers  drew  atten 
tion  in  another  direction.  After  getting  outside,  the  men  sepa 
rated  into  squads  of  two  or  four,  and  took  different  directions.. 


EVANS    AND    BACOME.  145 

One  of  the  squads  was  made  up  of  William  Bacome  and  Thomas 
Smith  Evans.  They  traveled  hard  during  the  night.  After  cross 
ing  the  San  Jacinto,  they  entered  a  wilderness  country,  in  width 
from  thirty  to  forty  miles,  and  extending  to  the  Sabine  river,  the 
eastern  boundary  of  the  State,  a  wild,  uninhabited  desert,  abound 
ing  in  marshes  and  jungles.  On  getting  some  forty  miles  into  this 
wilderness,  both  men  were  taken  sick.  Their  rations  became 
exhausted,  and  after  wandering  about  for  some  days,  hunting  a 
settlement  or  habitation,  in  vain,  were  obliged  to  stop  from  weak 
ness.  Evans  became  delirious  from  brain  fever,  and  Bacome,  from 
the  effects  of  fever  and  ague,  was  rendered  incapable  of  assisting 
him,  or  in  any  way  alleviating  his  sufferings.  In  this  deplorable 
condition,  in  the  midst  of  a  desert  infested  with  wild  animals, 
muttering  around  them  by  day  and  howling  by  night,  with  no  hope, 
they  looked  for  a  horrible  death.  During  the  day,  Bacome  would 
roam  over  the  wilderness,  attempting  to  find  even  an  unfriendly 
house,  and  return  at  night  unsuccessful.  Daylight  would  again 
find  him  on  the  same  errand,  to  meet  with  the  same  disappoint 
ment,  and  to  pass  a  horrible  night  with  his  suffering  and  sinking 
companion.  Four  days  he  passed  in  this  way,  but  found  no  signs 
of  a  habitation,  or  of  a  human  being.  Bacome  chose  to  remain 
with  his  companion  until  he  died,  rather  than  seek  his  own  safety 
by  deserting  him  to  the  beasts  that  were  about  him.  At  last,  Evans 
died,  alone  with  his  suffering  and  helpless  but  faithful  friend,  with 
the  howl  of  the  wolf  the  last  sound  that  fell  upon  his  ear. 

Bacome  dug  a  grave,  as  well  as  he  could  in  his  weak  state, 
with  sticks,  and  buried  his  comrade,  and  only  then  thought  of  his 
own  safety.  Almost  exhausted,  he  nerved  himself  for  a  desper 
ate  effort  to  reach  a  habitation.  After  traveling  a  distance  of 
twenty  miles  through  canebrakes  and  swamps,  almost  impenetra 
ble  forests,  miles  of  fallen  timber  overgrown  with  briars,  he  was 
compelled  to  give  himself  up.  He  was  kindly  treated  until  he  was 
sufficiently  recovered  to  return  to  prison.  Even  rebel  sympathies 
were  enlisted  by  the  story  of  his  sufferings. 

When  Bacome  returned  to  the  stockade  and  related  his  sor 
rowful  experience,  a  gloom  was  cast  over  his  comrades  of  the  regi 
ment,  for  both  Evans  and  Bacome  were  much  respected. 

Bacome  again  escaped,  in  a  few  weeks,  and  was  not  heard  of 
until  March,  when  hearing  that  J.  N.  Mullins,  a  member  of  the 
Forty-sixth,  was  at  Shreveport,  on  his  way  home,  he  sent  him  a 
line,  stating  that  he  was  in  prison  at  that  place.  < 


146         .  THE    FOKTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

In  addition  to  the  escapes  already  narrated,  there  were  numer 
ous  others.  Of  these,  but  one,  so  far  as  known,  was  successful. 
Lawrence  Hartlerode,  who  left  Camp  Groce  on  the  night  of  the 
4th,  reached  the  Union  lines  on  the  21st  of  September.  He  left 
the  prison  at  a  time  when  some  forty  escaped.  They  divided  into 
small  parties,  but  were  retaken  with  the  above  exception,  at  various 
times  and  on  different  stages  of  the  journey. 

Of  the  Forty-sixth  regiment,  who  were  so  unlucky,  were 
Moses  Tucker,  Ellis  Hughes,  Alex.  Reed,  John  Briggs,  Theodore 
Taylor,  George  Oden,  David  Murphy,  John  T.  Reece,  Elihu  Shaf 
fer,  George  W.  Nield,  T.  C.  Jackson  and  Anthony  A.  Eskew. 
Tucker,  Hughes,  Briggs,  Reed  and  Taylor  went  together  on  the 
night  of  the  "big  escape."  Tucker  gave  up  in  two  or  three 
days,  Briggs  and  Taylor  were  brought  back  in  a  short  time,  fol 
lowed  by  Hughes  and  Reed.  Oden,  in  company  with  two  men 
from  another  regiment,  got  nearly  to  the  Sabine,  but,  becoming 
sick,  had  to  give  up.  They  were  taken  to  Houston  and  put  in 
jail  —  again  moved  and  put  in  jail,  where  he  was  when  the  prison 
ers  of  the  Forty-sixth  left  Camp  Groce.  He  was  subsequently 
paroled.  Murphy,  Reece  and  Jackson  met  with  the  usual  ill 
luck,  and  one  fine  day  found  themselves  back  in  Camp  Groce. 
Nield  and  Eskew  were  lost  sight  of  shortly  after  they  escaped. 
Shaffer  escaped  with  Hartlerode,  and  was  with  him  several  days  ; 
they  became  separated,  and  Shaffer  being  sick,  was  obliged  to  give 
himself  up.  Jackson  passed  for  a  man  of  the  Forty-sixth  who 
was  dead. 

In  April,  1864,  an  expedition  of  four  transports  and  gunboats 
was  sent  from  New  Orleans  up  the  Sabine  Pass,  into  Calcasieu 
bay,  for  cotton,  cattle,  etc.  There  accompanied  the  fleet  a  squad 
of  thirty-seven  men,  from  the  "  non-veteran  camp"  at  Algiers, 
under  command  of  a  lieutenant  of  the  Thirtieth  Maine.  The  fleet 
had  arrived  in  the  bay,  and  while  two  of  the  boats  were  below, 
the  others,  the  "Wave"  and  the  "Granite  State,"  while  lying 
without  steam,  and  no  proper  watch,  and  with  their  guard  on  the 
opposite  shore,  were  attacked  at  daybreak  one  morning  by  a  force, 
with  a  battery,  from  Sabine  City.  The  boats  were  not  iron-clad 
and  were  exposed,  helpless  and  unmanageable,  to  the  rebels,  con 
cealed  along  the  bank.  After  a  short  but  sharp  conflict,  the  two 
boats  surrendered.  The  infantry  on  shore  had  taken  no  part  in 
the  contest,  and  might  have,  for  the  present  at  least,  escaped,  but 
through  mismanagement  on  the  part  of  the  oflicer  in  command, 


LIST    OF    PRISONERS. 


147 


they  were  captured.  Among  these  prisoners  were  Maxwell  Reece, 
R.  V.  McDowell,  Hugh  Quinn,  Joshua  T.  Colvin,  Philip  M.  Ben 
jamin  and  Jacob  Oliver,  "  non- veterans,"  of  the  Forty-sixth.  The 
guard,  with  the  officers  and  crews  of  the  vessels,  were  taken  to 
Sabine  City,  thence  to  Camp  Groce,  where  they  met  the  Red  river 
delegation  in  August.  The  captured  boats  were  hid  away  for  a 
while  in  the  Sabine  river,  but  they  afterwards  engaged  in  the 
rebel  service,  and  were  subsequently  destroyed.  But  little  was 
said  about  this  unfortunate  affair,  and  no  one  was  ever  called  to 
account  for  the  disaster. 


THE    PRISONERS 

OF  the  Forty-sixth  Indiana  Volunteers  captured  at  the  battle  of 
Sabine  Cross  Roads,  on  April  8,  1864,  were: 

Lieutenant  Colonel  Aaron  M.  Flory, 
Captain  William  M.  DeHart, 
Chaplain  Hamilton  Robb. 


Sergeants:  David  Murphy, 

William  Bacome, 
George  W.  Nield, 
Ellis  J.  Hughes, 
John  Shaffer, 
George  Huffman, 
Joseph  H.  Carr, 
Jasper  N.  Mullins, 
Cyrus  J.  Peabody, 
John  A.  Wilson. 


Privates:  Levi  Canter, 

John  T.  Reese, 
Joseph  Davis, 
George  W.  Oden, 
Joshua  P.  Shields, 
George  Lane, 
John  Sheppard, 
Anthony  A.  Eskew, 
William  H.  Small, 
John  W.  Briggs, 


Corporals:  Lewis  Canter, 

John  W.  Castle, 
Thomas  S.  Evans, 
Herman  Hebner, 
Moses  McConnahay, 
Theodore  Taylor, 
Jonathan  Hiney, 
Bradley  Porter, 
D.  C.  Jenkins, 
Jesse  Shamp, 
John  VanMeter. 

Privates:  William  Fahler, 

John  W.  Creason, 
J.  R.  Cunningham, 
William  H.  Grant, 
Benjamin  F.  Shelly, 
Anthony  Babeno, 
Robert  Lewis, 
James  H.  Gardner, 
Lewis  Baer, 
Henry  Itskin, 


148 


THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 


Privates:  James  M.  McBeth, 
Charles  T.  Rider, 
John  W.  Welch, 
Samuel  Gable, 
John  Meredith, 
Dennis  Bagley, 
Jacob  Guess, 
Allen  White, 
James  Fisher, 
Daniel  Garbison, 
Amos  Orput, 
George  Sleh, 
Samuel  Johnson, 
George  W.  Matthews, 
George  Moore, 
Elmore  Shelt. 


Privates:  Alexander  Reid, 
Moses  M.  Tucker, 
James  Coleman, 
Jacob  Yates, 
Jacob  Sell, 
J.  C.  Chamberlin, 
William  Hayward, 
John  B.  Walden, 
Lawrence  Hartlerodey 
James  Passons, 
John  Hamilton, 
William  Cook, 
William  Kreekbaum, 
Ambrose  McVoke, 
Elihu  Shaffer, 
John  Stallard. 


THE  treatment  of  prisoners  of  war,  by  the  rebels,  is  the  foulest 
blot  on  the  pages  of  the  brief  history  of  the  Confederate  Govern 
ment.  Whatever  may  be  claimed  for  the  rebel  soldiers  for 
courage  and  manhood,  the  Southern  prison  pens  will  always  rise 
up  to  brand  with  infamy  those  who  stood  guard  over  their  starved 
and  naked  captives,  and  to  expose  to  the  contempt  of  the  civilized 
world  those  in  command  in  Richmond  who  directed  the  machinery 
at  Saulsbury,  Andersonville,  Libby,  the  Texas  prison  pens,  and  the 
many  places  of  torture  in  the  South,  in  creating  and  conducting 
the  barbarous  system  under  which  Federal  soldiers  were  destroyed. 
The  uniformity  in  the  conduct  of  rebel  prisons  proves  that  they 
had  only  one  author  and  one  purpose.  The  system  was  deliberately 
devised  to  destroy  men  who  were  captured  in  battle,  and  the  pur 
pose  was  most  diligently  and  infamously  carried  out  in  each  indi 
vidual  prison.  Frequently  complained  to  by  the  Federal  authori 
ties,  Jefferson  Davis  and  his  colleagues  could  not  be  ignorant  of 
the  system,  and,  having  full  authority,  those  men  should  be  held 
responsible. 

THE   VETERANS. 

GENERAL  ORDER,  No.  191,  War  Department,  June  25,  1863, 
authorized  the  re-enlistment  of  three  years'  men  who  had  already 
served  two  years,  and  awarded  such  a  bounty  of  $400.  This  order 
was  subsequently  modified  so  that  men  being  in  the  service  nine 


VETERANS  AND  NON- VETERANS.  149 

months,  and  having  less  than  a  year  to  serve,  could  take  advantage 
of  the  original  order.  In  the  Department  of  the  Gulf,  General 
Banks  ordered  that,  in  addition  to  the  bounty,  re-enlisting  men 
should  have  a  furlough  for  thirty  days,  and  transportation  home 
and  return.  Large  numbers  from  all  the  regiments  in  the  Gulf 
Department  re-enlisted  under  the  original  order,  and  enjoyed  the 
furlough.  The  Forty-sixth  Indiana  began  re-enlistment  in  Novem 
ber,  1863,  and  the  new  organization  was  completed  in  February, 
1864,  dating  back  to  January  2,  1864.  The  veteran  regiment  num 
bered  307  men.  The  commissioned  officers  under  the  order  were 
retained  with  the  new  organization  and  granted  an  honorable  dis 
charge  on  the  expiration  of  their  three  years,  or  to  continue  with 
the  regiment  until  the  expiration  of  the  new  term,  or  the  end  of 
the  war.  The  right  of  resignation  was  always  with  them.  In  the 
Third  Division,  special  orders  regulated  the  departure  of  the 
several  regiments  on  their  furlough,  allowing  only  a  limited  number 
to  go  at  a  time.  The  Eleventh,  Twenty-fourth  and  Thirty-fourth 
started  home  before  the  Red  river  expedition  left  Algiers,  and  it 
was  expected  that  the  Forty-sixth  would  go  on  the  return  of  the 
first  of  the  absent  regiments.  Those  regiments,  or  some  of  them, 
returned  just  prior  to  or  during  the  retreat  down  Red  river,  when 
furloughs  were  out  of  the  question.  Navigation  on  the  river  was 
prevented  by  rebel  occupation,  and  the  regiment  was  compelled  to 
await  better  opportunities.  The  start  was  finally  made  on  June 
15,  1864. 

THE   NON-VETERANS. 

THE  members  of  the  Forty-sixth,  not  re-enlisting,  were  tem 
porarily  attached  to  the  Twenty-ninth  Wisconsin,  and  mustered 
for  pay.  Subsequently,  all  non-veterans  were  assigned  to  General 
Reynolds,  for  distribution.  A  non-veteran  camp  was  finally  estab 
lished  at  Algiers,  and  Major  B.  F.  Schermerhorn,  of  the  Forty- 
sixth  Indiana,  placed  in  command.  The  men  were  used  on 
detailed  service,  and  rendered  valuable  assistance  on  many  occa 
sions.  Several  of  the  Forty-sixth  men  were  sent  up  the  river,  as 
guards  on  transports,  and  several,  on  other  duty,  worked  them 
selves  into  the  Texas  prisons,  and  enjoyed  the  society  of  their 
former  comrades.  The  non-veterans  were  discharged  as  their 
original  terms  expired. 


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OF    THE 


FORTY-SIXTH  REGIMENT,  I.V.I. 


FIELD  AND   STAFF. 
COLONELS. 

RAHAM  N.  FITCH. 

Commissioned  September  20, 1861;  resigned  August  5, 1862. 

THOMAS  H.  BRINGHURST. 

Commissioned  major  September  30,  1861,  lieutenant  colonel 
May  26,  1862,  colonel  August  6,  1862;  mustered  out  with  the 
regiment. 

LIEUTENANT  COLONELS. 

NEWTON  G.  SCOTT. 

Commissioned  September  30,  1861;  resigned  May  24,  1862. 

JOHN  H.  GOULD. 

Commissioned  captain  of  Company  A  October  4,  1861,  major 
May  25,  1862,  lieutenant  colonel  August  6,  1862;  resigned 
February  9,  1863,  and  commissioned  lieutenant  colonel  of  the 
One  Hundred  and  Thirty-fifth  Regiment. 

AARON  M.  FLORY. 

Commissioned  captain  of  Company  B  October  6,  1861,  major 
May  25,  1862,  lieutenant  colonel  February  10,  1863;  mustered 


out  with  the  regiment. 


MAJORS. 


BERNARD  F.  SCHERMERHORN. 

Commissioned  captain  of  Company  C  October  4,  1861,  major 
February  11,  1863;  mustered  out  on  expiration  of  term, 
December  24,  1864. 

WILLIAM  M.  DEHART. 

Commissioned  first  lieutenant  of  Company  D  October  4,  1861, 
captain  May  16,  1862,  major  January  1,  1865;  mustered  out 
with  the  regiment  as  captain.* 

*The  regiment  being  reduced  below  the  minimum,  the  officer  could 
not  be  mustered. 


154  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

ADJUTANTS. 

RICHARD  p.  DEHART. 

Commissioned  September  30,  1861;  major  Ninety-ninth  Regi 
ment  October  18,  1862. 

JAMES  M.  WATTS. 

Commissioned  second  lieutenant  of  Company  A  October  4, 
1861,  first  lieutenant  May  26,  1862,  adjutant  October  20,  1862, 
major  One  Hundred  and  Fiftieth  Regiment  March  9,  1865; 
wounded  at  Port  Gibson,  Miss.,  May  1,  1863. 

AUGUSTUS  G.  SINKS. 

Enlisted  in  Company  K  December  11,  1861;  appointed  cor 
poral  June  30,  1862,  sergeant  February  14,  1863,  commissioned 
adjutant  April  1, 1865;  mustered  out  with  the  regiment. 

QUARTERMASTERS. 

DAVID  D.  DYKEMAN. 

Commisioned  September  24,  1861;  resigned  June  11,  1862. 

ELZA  J.  DOWNEY. 

Enlisted  in  Company  A  and  appointed  commissary  sergeant 
December  11,  1861,  commissioned  quartermaster  June  12, 
1862;  wounded  at  Fort  Pemberton,  Miss.,  in  March,  1863; 
resigned  June  15,  1863. 

THOMAS  A.  HOWES. 

Enlisted  in  Company  B  February  22,  1862;  commissioned 
quartermaster  June  16,  1863;  resigned  May  27,  1865. 

WILLIAM  S.  RICHARDSON. 

Enlisted  in  Company  B  November  5,  1861,  commissioned 
quartermaster  May  28,  1865;  mustered  out  with  the  regiment. 

CHAPLAINS. 

ROBERT  IRVIN. 

Commissioned  December  11,  1861;  resigned  May  8,  1862. 
HAMILTON  ROBB. 

Commissioned  December  16,  1862;  mustered  out  with  the 
regiment. 

SURGEONS. 

HORACE  COLEMAN. 

Commissioned  October  7,  1861;  resigned  July  31,  1863. 

ISRAEL  B.  WASHBURN. 

Enlisted  in  Company  I  December  2,  1861,  commissioned 
assistant  surgeon  December  27,  1862,  surgeon  October  17, 
1863;  mustered  out  on  expiration  of  term,  December  28,  1864. 

JOSHUA  W.  UNDERBILL. 

Enlisted  in  Company  E  November  5,  1861,  commissioned 
assistant  surgeon  December  30,  1862,  surgeon  January  1,  1865; 
mustered  out  with  the  regiment. 


KOSTER    OF    COMPANY    A.  155 

ASSISTANT  SURGEONS. 

WILLIAM  S.  RAYMOND. 

Commissioned   November  19,  1861;    resigned  December  29, 
1862. 
ASA  COLEMAN. 

Commissioned  May  14,  1862;  resigned  December  26,  1862. 

WILLIAM  SPENCER. 

Commissioned  July  7,  1862;  resigned  December  29,  1862. 

GEORGE  M.  DOANE. 

Enlisted  in  Company  B  November  5,  1861,  commissioned 
assistant  surgeon  January  1,  1865;  mustered  out  with  regi 
ment  September  4,  1865. 

REGIMENTAL  NON-COMMISSIONED  STAFF. 

WILLIAM  R.  MORSE. 

Private  Company  B;  mustered  in  November  5,  1861;  pro 
moted  quartermaster  sergeant  December  11,  1861;  discharged 
April  1,  1862. 

ALFRED  U.  McALISTER. 

Private  Company  I;  mustered  in  Novembers,  1861;  appointed 
chief  musician  November  23,  1861;  honorably  discharged  at 
Milliken's  Bend,  La.,  April  15,  1863,  under  General  Order, 
No.  14,  of  Secretary  of  War. 

JAMES  M.  VIGUS. 

Private  Company  D;  mustered  in  November  5,  1861;  appointed 
drum  major  December  11,  1861;  discharged. 


COMPANY  A. 

[This  company  was  mustered   into  the  service  November  1,   1861.     The 
regiment  was  finally  discharged  September  4,  1865.] 

CAPTAINS. 

WILLIAM  A.  PIGMAN. 

Commissioned  first  lieutenant  October  4,  1861 ;  captain  July  1, 
1862;  wounded  at  Sabine  Cross  Roads;  honorably  discharged 
December  18,  1864. 
JAMES  V.  BROUGH. 

Enlisted  in  Company  A  November  1,  1861;  commissioned 
second  lieutenant  July  1,  1862,  first  lieutenant  October  20, 
1862;  captain  February  15,  1865;  mustered  out  with  the  regi 
ment. 

FIRST  LIEUTENANT. 

JONATHAN  MOORE. 

Enlisted  in  Company  A   November   1,  1861;    commissioned 


156  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

second  lieutenant  May  23,  1863,  first  lieutenant  February 
11,  1865;  mustered  out  with  the  regiment. 

SECOND   LIEUTENANTS. 

WILLIAM  A.  ANDREWS. 

Enlisted   in   Company   A  November   1,    1861;  commissioned 
second  lieutenant  October  20,  1862;  killed  at  Champion's  Hill, 
Miss.,  May  16,  1863. 
LEYI  C.  LESOURD. 

Enlisted  November  1,  1861;  veteran;  commissioned  second 
lieutenant  June  1,  1865;  mustered  out  as  first  sergeant,  with 
the  regiment.* 

SERGEANTS. 

BERL  P.  PENNY. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  July  8,  1865. 
JAMES  HASLETT. 

Discharged  October  9,  1862,  disability. 

CORPORALS. 

AMOS  M.  BALLARD. 

Discharged  May  30,  1862,  disability. 
FRANCIS  THAYER. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  expiration  of  term  of  service. 
WILLIAM  H.  PADGET. 

Died  May  3,  1863,  of  wounds  received  at  the  battle  of  Port 

Gibson,  Miss.,  May  1,  1863. 
LEWIS  CANTER. 

Veteran;  promoted  sergeant;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
FRANCIS  M.  BAUM. 

Discharged  May  19,  1862,  disability. 
MICHAEL  DUNCAN. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  expiration  of  term  of  service. 
JAMES  T.  FRANKLIN. 

Veteran;  promoted  sergeant  major;  mustered  out  September 

4,  1865. 

PRIVATES. 

WILLIAM  W.  BARNES. 

Appointed  musician;  mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of 

service  expired. 
BENJAMIN  F.  RANDOLPH. 

Appointed  musician;  mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of 

service  expired. 
GEORGE  C.  SMOCK. 

Appointed  wagoner;  discharged  May  19,  1862,  disability. 

*  Commissioned,  but  not  mustered  because  company  below  minimum. 


ROSTER    OF    COMPANY    A.  157 

JACOB  AKER. 

Veteran;  promoted  to  sergeant;  mustered  out  September  4, 
1865. 

ALFRED  J.  ANDERSON. 

Discharged  May  30,  1862,  disability. 

SAMUEL  I.  ANDERSON. 

Wounded  at  the  battle  of  Champion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16, 
1863;  transferred  to  Veteran  Reserve  Corps  and  honorably 
discharged. 

ANDREW  ASHBA. 

Discharged  October  16,  1862,  disability. 

JOHN  BEAVER. 

Wounded  at  the  battle  of  Port  Gibson,  Miss.,  May  1,  1863; 
killed  at  the  battle  of  Champion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16,  1863. 
LEWIS  BILLIARD. 

Discharged  July  29,  1863,  because  of  wounds  received  at  the 
battle  of  Champion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16,  1863. 

AMOS  BOWERMAN. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1862,  term  of  service  expired. 
GEORGE  W.  BROUGH. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 
JAMES  D.  CAMPBELL. 

Veteran;  promoted  to  sergeant;  mustered  out  September   4, 

1865. 

LEVI  CANTER. 

Veteran;  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Champion's  Hill,   Miss., 

May  16,  1863;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
JOHN  CORNIS. 

Discharged  February  5,  1863,  disability. 
GEORGE  W.  CRESON. 

Died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  October  4,  1862. 
JOHN  W.  CRESON. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September 4,  1865. 
WILLIAM  T.  DAVIDSON. 

Discharged  May  30,  1862,  disability. 
ROBERT  W.  DAVIDSON. 

Died  at  Pittsburg,  Ind.,  May  15,  1863. 
SILAS  DAVIS. 

Killed  at  the  battle  of  Champion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16,  1863. 
HORACE  H.  DEYO. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
WILLIAM  H.  DUNKIN. 

Wounded  at  the  battle  of  Champion's  Hill,  Miss.,   May  16, 

1863;  mustered  out  December   1,  1864,  expiration  of  term  of 

service. 


158  THE   FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

ROBERT  B.  EVANS. 

Died  in  Carroll  county,  Ind.,  March  18,  1862. 

JASPER  L.  EWING. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  expiration  of  term  of  service. 

CHARLES  B.  FAUCETT. 

Wounded   at   battle   of    Port   Gibson,    Miss.,    May  1,    1863; 
mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  expiration  of  term  of  service. 

JOHN  F.  FISHER. 

Died  at  Columbus,  Ky.,  September  30,  1862. 

JOHN  FREED. 

Died  at  Yicksburg,  Miss.,  July  4,  1863. 

RICHARD  T.  FREED. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

JOHN  FRY. 

Discharged  May  30,  1862,  disability. 
THOMAS  S.  GIBSON. 

Veteran;  promoted  corporal;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

FRANCIS  M.  GINN. 

Discharged  February  30,  1863,  disability. 

THOMAS  B.  GINN. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 

JOHN  M.  GRIDER. 

Discharged  May  30,  1862,  disability. 
ALFRED  H.  HARDY. 

Died  July  18,  1863,  of  wounds  received  at  the  siege  of  Jack 
son,  Miss. 

JAMES  HAY. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 

WILLIAM  C.  HEARTZOG. 

Died  July  2,  1863,  of  wounds   received   at   Champion's  Hill, 

Miss.,  May  16,  1863. 
JEREMIAH  HOMBACK. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 

SOLOMON  JAY. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 

ENOS  JAY. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 

ROBERT  G.  JOHNSON. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 

SAMUEL  N.  JOHNSON. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 

ALBERT  A.  JULIEN. 

Promoted  sergeant;  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Champion's 
Hill,  Miss.,  May  16,  1863;  mustered  out  December  1,  1864, 
term  of  service  expired. 


ROSTEE    OF    COMPANY   A.  159 

WILLIAM  F.  JULIEN. 

Discharged  January  20,  1863,  disability. 

WILLIAM  A.  KINSEY. 

Discharged  October  6,  1863,  on  account  of  wounds  received 
at  Champion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16,  1863. 

SAMUEL  A.  KIRKPATRICK. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 
BENJAMIN  LESOURD. 

Discharged  October  4,  1862,  disability. 
ELIAS  J.  LISTER. 

Promoted  corporal;  wounded  at  Champion's  Hill,   May  16, 

1863;  mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 
WILLIAM  M.  MALCOM. 

Died  October  8,  1862,  at  Helena,  Ark. 

RALPH  McMAHAN. 

Veteran;  wounded  at  the  battle  of    Champion's  Hill,  Miss., 

May  16,  1863;  died. at  Jeffersonville,  Ind.,  July  18,  1865. 
JACOB  Y.  McNAMAR. 

Veteran;  promoted  corporal;  mustered  out  September  5,  1863. 
JAMES  F.  MELSON. 

Discharged  May  30,  1862. 

ISAAC  W.  MONTGOMERY. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  by  reason  of  expiration  of 
term  of  service. 

DAVID  C.  MURPHY. 

Veteran;  promoted  sergeant;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

SWAIN  H.  NELSON. 

Killed  at  Champion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16,  1863. 

JOHN  NEWELL. 

Died  June  2,  1863,  of  wounds  received  at  the  battle  of  Cham 
pion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16,  1863. 

PETER  O.  FARRELL. 

Discharged  February  11,  1863;  disability. 

SAMUEL  B.  PATTERSON. 

Captured  at  Champion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16,  1863;  mustered 
out  December  1,  1864;  term  of  service  expired. 

CHARLES  M.  PARKER. 

Discharged  July  20,  1863,  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  because  of 
wounds  received  at  the  battle  of  Champion's  Hill,  Miss., 
May  16,  1863;  one  very  severe  wound  in  the  face,  and  loss  of 
right  arm  near  the  shoulder. 

WILSON  H.  PETTIT. 

Died  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  January  2,  1863. 

FRANCIS  M.  PRESTON. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 


160  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

HIRAM  V.  RANSOM. 

Discharged  September  8,  1862,  disability. 

ADONIRAM  J.  REED. 

Discharged  July,  1862,  disability. 

JOHN  T.  REES. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

ABSALOM  RICHCREEK. 

HEZEKIAH  ROBISON. 

Promoted  corporal;  mustered  out  December  1,  1865,  term  of 
service  expired. 
MARTIN  L.  RUTTER, 

Killed  by  guerrillas,  near  Helena,  Ark.,  October  26,  1862. 

NOAH  SHAFER. 

Died  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  December  31,  1862. 

EPHRIAM  SHAFER. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 

JOHN  SHAFFER. 

Died  July  12,   1862,   of    wounds  received  from  guerrillas  on 

White  river,  Arkansas. 
JOHN  F.  SHERIDAN. 

Wounded  at  the  battle  of    Champion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16, 

1863;  mustered  out  December  1, 1864,  term  of  service  expired. 

CHARLES  SHIRAR. 

Discharged  October  14,  1862,  disability. 

THOMAS  W.  SLEETH. 

Wounded  at  the  battle  of    Champion's   Hill,  Miss.,  May  16, 
1863;  mustered  out  December  1, 1864,  term  of  service  expired. 

ZACHARIAH  T.  SMITH. 

Discharged  June  19,  1863;  disability. 

HENRY  L.  SMITH. 

Killed  at  Champion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16,  1863. 

ARCHIBALD  SMOCK. 

Veteran;    killed  at   the  battle  of   Sabme  Cross  Koads,  La., 

April  8,  1864. 
DANIEL  P.  SNYDER. 

Wounded  at  Port  Gibson;    mustered  out  December  1,  1   b4, 

term  of  service  expired. 
ANDREW  L.  STRAIN. 

Discharged  February  7,  1863,  disability. 

JOHN  N.  STOOPS. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 

ANDREW  J.  SWATTS. 

Discharged  December  20,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 

THEODORE  TEU. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 


ROSTER    OF    COMPANY    A.  161 

JOHN  J.  VINEY. 

Promoted  sergeant;  wounded  at  Carancro  Bayou,  La. ;  mustered 
out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 

GEORGE  A.  WITCHER. 

Discharged  October  14,  1863,  disability. 

RUBEN  WHITE. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 

PORTS  WILSON. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 

RECRUITS. 
JAMES  A.  ARNOT. 

Mustered  in  February  21,  1865;  mustered  out  September  4, 
1865. 

HARVEY  J.  BALL. 

Mustered  in  January  29,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4, 
1865. 

HENRY  C.  CANTER. 

Mustered  in  March  10,  1862;  discharged  July  16,  1863,  disa 
bility. 

HUGH  T.  CROCKETT. 

Mustered  in  October  31,  1862;  wounded  at  the  battle  of 
Champion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16,  1863;  mustered  out  May  29, 
1865. 

WILLIAM.  M.  DERN. 

Mustered  in  July  29,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

ISAAC  N.  DERN. 

Mustered  in  February  21,  1865;  mustered  out  September  4, 
1865. 

WILLIAM  G.  FRANKLIN. 

Mustered  January  21,  1864;  died  at  New  Orleans,  La.,  Octo 
ber  3,  1864. 

CARTER  FRANKLIN. 

'Mustered  in  March  8,  1864;  died  at  Lexington,  Ky.,  February 

28,  1865. 
GEORGE  W.  GUSEMAN. 

Mustered  in  February  21,   1865;  mustered  out  September  4, 

1865. 
ELIJAH  F.  GWINN. 

Mustered  in  March  8,  1864;  mustered  out  June  26,  1865. 
WILLIAM  H.  GWINN. 

Mustered  in  March  8,  1864;   mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
JAMES  M.  GWINN. 

Mustered  in   January  25,  1865;    mustered  out  September  4, 

1865. 


162  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

HENRY  GIBSON. 

Mustered  in  November  11,  1864;   mustered  out  September  4, 

1865. 
JOHN  A.  HAMILL. 

Mustered  in  February  21,  1865;    mustered  out  September  4, 

1865. 
GRANDISON  A.  MAXWELL. 

Mustered  in  July  29,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
THOMAS  K.  MONTGOMERY. 

Mustered  in  December  23,  1863;  mustered  out  September  4, 

1865. 
GEORGE  A.  MOORE. 

Mustered  in  July  29,  1864;  mustered  out  July  17,  1865. 
THOMAS  W.  PATTON. 

Mustered  in  November  12,  1862;  mustered  out  July  12,  1865. 
JEROME  C.  RYHN. 

Mustered  in  January  29,  1864;  mustered  out  July  13,  1865. 
WILLIAM  SHAFER. 

Mustered  in  July  27,  1864;  mustered  out  July  5,  1865. 
HORACE  M.  THOMPSON. 

Mustered   in   January   13,  1864;  mustered   out   September   4, 

1865. 
WILLIAM  H.  UNDERBILL. 

Mustered  in  July  29,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 


COMPANY  B. 

[This  company  was  mustered  into  the  service  Novembers,  1861,  and  mus 
tered  out  September  4,  1865.] 

CAPTAINS. 

FRANK  SWIGART. 

Sergeant;  enlisted  November  5,  1861;  commissioned  second 
lieutenant   April  20, 1862,  captain  October  16,  1862;  wounded 
at  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La.,  April  6,  1864;  resigned  on  account 
of  wounds,  October  12,  1864. 
THEODORE  B.  FORGEY. 

Enlisted  November  5,  1861;  commissioned  first  lieutenant 
September  2,  1863,  captain  December  27,  1864;  mustered  out 
wTith  regiment. 

FIRST   LIEUTENANTS. 

JOHN  T.  CASTLE. 

Commissioned  first  lieutenant  October  4,  1861;  wounded  at 
Champion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16,  1863;  resigned  August  22, 
1863. 


ROSTER    OF    COMPANY   B.  163 

MATTHEW  K.  GRAHAM. 

Sergeant;  enlisted  November  5,  1861;  commissioned  second 
lieutenant  April  15,  1862,  first  lieutenant  August  30,  1862;  died 
of  wounds  received  at  Fort  Pillow,  Tenn.,  October  15,  1862. 

THEOPHILUS  P.  RODGERS. 

Enlisted  November  5,  1861;  commissioned  first  lieutenant 
December  27,  1864;  mustered  out  with  the  regiment. 

SECOND   LIEUTENANTS. 

JOHN  M.  ARNOUT. 

Commissioned  second  lieutenant  October  4,  1861;  resigned 
April  9,  1862. 

LOREN  C.  STEVENS. 

Enlisted  November  5,  1861;  commissioned  second  lieutenant 
October  16,  1862;  died  of  disease  November  19,  1863. 

MARCELLUS  H.  NASH. 

Enlisted  Novembers,  1861;  commissioned  second  lieutenant 
June  1,  1865;  mustered  out  with  the  regiment. 

SERGEANTS. 

ISAAC  K.  CASTLE. 

Discharged  February  22,  1863,  disability. 
EATON  B.  FORGEY. 

Discharged  August  11,  1862,  disability. 

JOHN  W.  TIPPETT. 

Discharged  June  15,  1863,  disability. 

CORPORALS. 

AUSTIN  AD  AIR. 

Discharged  April  24,  1862,  disability. 

ROBERT  H.  BRYER. 

Died  at  Tolono,  111.,  December  10,  1862. 
THOMAS  CASTLE. 

Discharged   June  16,  1863,  disability. 

THOMAS  J.  JAMESON. 

Veteran;  discharged  September  12,  1864,  disability. 

JOHN  R.  CUNNINGHAM. 

Veteran;  taken  prisoner  at  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La.,  April  6, 
1864;  died  at  sea,  on  his  way  home  from  prison,  December 
14,  1864. 
JOHNSON  M.  REED. 

Discharged  September  20,  ]  862,  disability. 

PRIVATES. 

JAY  M.  RICHARDSON. 

Detailed  as  musician;  died  at  Logansport,  Ind.,  July  21,  1864. 


164  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

GEORGE  W.  CRONK. 

Detailed  as  wagoner;  discharged  May  13,  1864,  disability. 
WILLIAM  H.  BELL. 

Veteran;  promoted  sergeant  December  13,  1862;  wounded  at 
the  battle  of  Champion's  Hill  May  16,  1863;  discharged  June 
20,  1865,  disability. 

ASA  BLACK. 

Died  March  9,  1862,  at  New  Madrid,  Mo. 

JAMES  BLACK. 

Died  at  New  Madrid,  Mo.,  March  10,  1862. 

CHARLES  F.  BILLINGTON. 

Discharged  May  10,  1862,  disability. 

HENRY  BROWN. 

Veteran;  promoted  to  corporal;  promoted  sergeant;  wounded 
at  the  battle  of  Port  Gibson,  Miss.,  May  1,  1863;  mustered 
out  September  4,  1865. 

GEORGE  W.  BRUINGTON. 

Veteran;  promoted  corporal;  wounded  at  the  mouth  of  Yazoo 
Pass  February  22,  1863;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

JOHN  W.  CASTLE. 

Veteran;  promoted  corporal;  taken  prisoner  at  Sabine  Cross 
Roads,  La.;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

SAMUEL  S.  CUSTER. 

Veteran;  promoted  corporal;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

JAMES  H.  CALLER. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
JAMES  COMPTON. 

Discharged  August  1,  disability. 
BENJAMIN  F.  CARMINE. 

Discharged  June  16,  1863,  disability. 
GEORGE  P.  DALE. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 

WILLIAM  DAVIS. 

Discharged  1862,  disability. 

JOSEPH  DAVIS. 

Veteran;  taken  prisoner  at  Sabine  Cross  Roads  April  8,  1864; 
died  at  New  Orleans,  La.,  December  24,  1864,  while  on  road 
home  from  rebel  prison. 

JAMES  C.  DILL. 

Veteran;  wounded  at  Champion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16,  1863; 

mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
JOHN  W.  DAGUE. 

Discharged  October  28,  1862,  disability. 

ABRAHAM  ELLIS. 

Discharged  December  18,  1862,  disability. 


ROSTER    OF    COMPANY   B.  165 

DICKINSON  J.  FORGEY. 

Discharged  June  16,  1862,  without  his  knowledge,  disability, 

while  in  hospital.     He  made  two  efforts  to  get  back  without 

success. 
GEORGE  W.  FORGEY. 

Died  at  Camp  Wickliffe,  Ky.,  February  7,  1862. 
JOHN  D.  FORGEY. 

Discharged  April  2,  1862,  disability. 
SAMUEL  J.  FOX. 

Discharged  February  10,  1862,  disability. 
JOHN  FOX. 

Discharged  May  10,  1862,  disability. 
JAMES  W.  GORDON. 

Discharged  March  14,  1862,  disability. 
WILLIAM  H.  GUARD. 

Veteran;  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La., 

April  8,  1864;   promoted  corporal;   mustered  out  September 

4,  1865. 
WILLIAM  H.  GRANT. 

Veteran;   taken  prisoner  at  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La.,  April 

8,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
ISAAC  GRANT. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
JOHN  HERRELL. 

Died  at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  September  18,  1862. 
WILLIAM  HART. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
AMOS  J.  HART. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
SAMUEL  HANEY. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
JESSE  HULCE. 

Mustered  out  October  28,  1865. 
WILLIAM  P.  HORNEY. 

Died  at  New  Madrid,  Mo.,  April  21,  1862. 
HEZEKIAH  B.  INGHAM. 

Veteran;   promoted  sergeant;   wounded  at  Champion's  Hill, 

Miss.,  May  16,  1863;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
JOHN  J.  JAMISON. 

Appointed  wardmaster  December  12,  1861;  mustered  out  to 

be  appointed  hospital  steward  in  regular  army. 
SAMUEL  L.  JUMP. 

Died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  November  7,  1862. 
WILLIAM    B.  KERNS. 

Detached  to  Pioneer  Corps    April   16,   1863;    mustered   out 

December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 


166  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

LEVI  LYNCH. 

Died   at   New   Orleans,  La.,  December   2,    1863,    of  wounds 
received  at  Champion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16,  1863. 

REESE  D.  LAIRD. 

Died  at  Memphis,  Tenn.,   December   13,  1862,  of   gun-shot 
wounds. 

GEORGE  LOBRICK. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  December  4,  1865. 

ADAMS  MCMILLAN. 

Died  at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  July  14,  1862. 

GEORGE  M.  MCCARTY. 

Promoted  to  quartermaster  sergeant;   veteran;  mustered  out 
September  4,  1865. 

PETER  MAISE. 

Veteran;  wounded  at  Champion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16,  1863; 
mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

STEPHEN  J.  MELLINGER. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

HENRY  T.  MARTIN. 

Veteran;   promoted    corporal;    mustered    out    September    4, 

1865. 
ALBERT  MICHAELS. 

Appointed  corporal;  mustered  out  December. 1,  1864,  term  ot 

service  expired. 
AUGUSTUS  W.  NASH. 

Died  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  April  30,  1862. 

GEORGE  W.  ODEN. 

Veteran;  promoted  corporal;  taken  prisoner  at  Sabine  Cross 
Roads,  La.;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

JOHN  N.  OLIVER. 

Transferred  to  Sixteenth  Ohio  Battery;   mustered  out  from 

battery. 
FRANKLIN  PFOUTZ. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 

WILLIAM  PFOUTZ. 

Appointed  corporal  March  1,  1863;    killed  at  the  battle  of 
Champion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16,  1863. 
SAMUEL  N.  PEN  NELL. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

PHILIP  PEARSON. 

Died  near  New  Waverly,  Ind.,  March  28,  1862. 

JOSEPH  REDD. 

Died  at  Louisville,  Ky.,  March  14,  1862. 

CHARLES  D.  REEDER. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 


ROSTER    OF    COMPANY    B.  167 

WILLIAM  A.  RODGERS. 

Appointed  corporal  April  15,  1863;  appointed  wardmaster 
January  1,  1863;  transferred  to  Invalid  Corps  January  2,  1864; 
discharged  from  that  organization. 

CHAUNCY  RODGERS. 

Died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  September  8,  1862. 

GEORGE  RANGE. 

Discharged  September  20,  1862,  disability. 

ABRAHAM  RUTT. 

Died  June  17,  1862,  at  Wooster,  Ohio. 

JOSEPH  M.  ROBERTS. 

Veteran;  promoted  sergeant;  mustered  out  September  4, 
1865. 

SAMUEL  STEWART. 

Wounded  at  Fort  Pemberton,  Miss.,  March  11,  1863;  trans 
ferred  to  Invalid  Corps  January  2,  1864;  mustered  out  from 
that  organization. 

THOMAS  J.  STEWART. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
JOHN  T.  SHIELDS. 

Discharged  April  27,  1863,  disability. 
JOSHUA  P.  SHIELDS. 

Veteran;  taken  prisoner  at  battle  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La., 

April  8,  1864;  discharged  July  15,  1865,  disability. 
JOSEPH  SPECIE. 

Discharged  October  17,  1862,  disability. 

NICHOLAS  D.  SMITH. 

Died  at  Vicksburg,  Miss.,  June  24,  1863. 

SAMUEL  TILTON. 

Discharged  September  11,  1862,  disability. 

WILLIAM  F.  THOMAS. 

Discharged  July  15,  1862,  disability. 

AURELIUS  L.  VOORHIS. 

Veteran;  promoted  corporal;  wounded  at  the  mouth  of  Yazoo 
Pass,  Miss.,  February  22,  1863;  mustered  out  September  4, 
1865. 

MANLIUS  N.  VOORHIS. 

Veteran;  promoted  hospital  steward;  mustered  out  September 
4,  1865. 

ISAAC  R.  WINTERS. 

Veteran;  promoted  sergeant;  mustered  out  September  4, 1865. 

WARREN  L.  WAGONER. 

Transferred  to  Sixteenth  Ohio  Battery,  and  mustered  out  from 
that  organization. 


168  «    THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

ROBERT  S.  WHITAKER. 

Died  March  1,  1864,  at  New  Orleans,  La. 

MICHAEL  WELSH. 

RECRUITS. 

PHILIP  L.  ALLHANDS. 

Veteran;  mustered  in  February  13,  1862;  mustered  out  Sep 
tember  4,  1865. 
AUSTIN  AD  AIR. 

Mustered  in  February  27,  1865;  mustered  out  September  4, 

1865. 
ANDREW  J.  BACHELOR. 

Mustered  in  February  13,  1862;  died  of  wounds  June  17,  1863, 

at  Vicksburg,  Miss., 
EDWARD  L.  BRUINGTON. 

Mustered  in  February   27,   1685;  mustered  out  September  4, 

1865. 
ISRAEL  F.  BURNS. 

Mustered  in  February  27,  1865;  mustered  out  September  4, 

1865. 
ALFRED  H.  BELL. 

Mustered   in   January   8,    1864;    mustered  out  September  4, 

1865. 
WILLIAM  A.  CUSTER. 

Mustered   in  January  2,  1864;  veteran;  mustered  out  Septem 
ber  4,  1865. 
JOHN  N.  CAMPBELL. 

Mustered  in  March  30,  1865;  mustered  out  September  4, 1865. 

JAMES  DUFFY. 

Mustered  in  September  11,  1862;  discharged  March  5,  1862, 

disability. 
THOMAS  C.  FORGEY. 

Mustered  in  March   1,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

ANDREW  J.  FORGEY. 

Mustered  in  March  1,  1864;  mustered  out  May  13,  1865,  disa 
bility. 

GEORGE  W.  GOODWIN. 

Mustered  in  February  27,    1865;    discharged  May  13,  1865, 
disability. 

JOHN  M.  GRENIGER. 

Mustered  in  February  16,  1865;  discharged  May  13,  1865,  dis 
ability. 

JACOB  D.  HEBISON. 

Mustered  in  February  16,  1865;  discharged  May  29,  1865. 

JASPER  HUMRICKHOUSE. 

Mustered  February  16,  1865;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 


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HARRISON  HORINE. 

Mustered  in  February  28,  1865;  discharged  May  13,  1865. 

DAVID  D.  LENON. 

Mustered  in  September  11,  1862;  veteran;  mustered  out  July 
17,  1865. 

ROBERT  R.  LENON. 

Mustered  in  March  22,  1865;  mustered  out  July  17,  1865. 
WILLIAM  B.  LAKE. 

Mustered  in  March  22,  1865;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

JAMES  McPHEETERS. 

Mustered  in  February  28,  1865;  mustered  out  September  4, 
1865. 

ROBERT  W.  McELHANY. 

Mustered  in  March  29,  1865;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

HARRISON  MUMMERT. 

Mustered  in  July  27,  1865;  died  at  Lexington,  Ky.,  June  6, 

1865. 

ALFRED  MARPOLE. 

Mustered  in  June  5,  1864;  mustered  out  June  8,  1865. 

WILLARD  G.  NASH. 

Mustered  in  March  29,  1865;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

WILLIAM  L.  POWELL. 

Veteran;  mustered  in  February  22,  1862;  mustered  out  Sep 
tember  4,  1865. 

THOMAS  A.  POPE. 

Mustered  in  February  2, 1864;  mustered  out  September  4, 1865. 

WILLIAM  D.  PURSELL. 

Mustered  in  January  29,  1864;  discharged  February  22,  1865, 
disability. 

CYRUS  T.  PURSELL. 

Mustered  in  March  29,  1865;  discharged  May  13,  1865. 

LINDSAY  B.  PAYTON. 

Mustered  in  February  16,   1865;  mustered  out  September  4, 
1865. 

DANIEL  ROOF. 

Mustered  in  March  1,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

THEOPHILUS  M.  SHANKS. 

Mustered  in  October  7,  1862;  promoted  corporal;    mustered 
out  September  4,  1865. 

BENJAMIN  F.  SHELLY. 

Mustered  in  October  7,  1862;  taken  prisoner  at  Sabine  Cross 
Roads,  La.,  April  8,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

JACOB  SEE. 

Mustered  in  March  1,  1864.  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 


170  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

ELIHU  SEE. 

Mustered  in  March  1,  1864;  died  at  Lexington,  Ky.,  March  2, 

1865. 
JOHN  STUDABAKER. 

Mustered  in  March  1,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
WILLIAM  F.  THOMAS. 

Mustered  in  March  1,  1864;  mustered   out  September  4,  1865. 
WILLIAM  R.  WINTERS. 

Mustered  in  March  1,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 


COMPANY  C. 

[This  company  was  mustered  into  the  service  November  7,  1861.] 
CAPTAINS. 

ANDREW  B.  ROBERTSON. 

Commissioned  second  lieutenant  October  4,  1861,  first  lieuten 
ant  April  30,  1862,  captain  February  11,  1863;  resigned  July 
28,  1863. 

JOHN  G.  TROXELL. 

Sergeant;  enlisted  November  7,  1861;  commissioned  second 
lieutenant  April  30,  1862,  first  lieutenant  February  11,  1863, 
captain  July  20, 1863;  mustered  out  Dec.  28, 1864,  term  expired. 

JOSEPH  HENDERSON. 

Enlisted  November  7,  1861;  wounded  at  Champion's  Hill  May 
16,  1863;  wounded  April  8,  1864,  at  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La.; 
commissioned  first  lieutenant  September  15,  1864,  captain 
January  1,  1865;  mustered  out  with  the  regiment. 

FIRST   LIEUTENANTS. 

ANTHONY  GARRETT. 

Commissioned  first  lieutenant  October  7,  1861;  resigned  April 
26,  1862. 
WILLIAM  G.  SCHNEPP. 

Sergeant;  enlisted  November  7,  1861;  commissioned  second 
lieutenant  February  11,  1862,  first  lieutenant  July  29,  1863; 
honorably  discharged  September  14,  1864. 

WILLIAM  BACOME. 

Enlisted  November  7,  1861;  captured  at  the  battle  of  Sabine 
Cross  Roads,  La.,  April  8,  1864;  commissioned  second  lieuten 
ant  June  1, 1865;  mustered  out  as  sergeant  with  the  regiment.* 
DANIEL  HARNER. 

Enlisted  November  7,  1861;  captured  at  the  battle  of  Cham 
pion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16,  1863;  commissioned  second  lieu- 

*Not  mustered  as  lieutenant  because  company  was  below  minimum. 


ROSTER    OF    COMPANY    C.  171 

tenant  June  2,  1865;  first  lieutenant  August  2,  1865;  mustered 
out  as  first  sergeant  with  the  regiment.* 

SECOND  LIEUTENANTS. 

[Accounted  for  as  First  Lieutenants.] 

SERGEANTS. 

LEANDER  H.  DAGGETT. 

Wounded  at  New  Madrid,  Mo.;  mustered  out  December  1, 
1864,  term  of  service  expired. 
ANDREW  W.  BENSON. 

Drowned  in  the  Mississippi  river  July  20,  1862. 

JOHN  S.  CASE,  JR. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  expiration  of  term  of  service. 

CORPORALS. 

REASON  v.  MCDOWELL. 

Captured  on  Colcasieu  Pass,  in  Texas;  died  at  New  Orleans, 

La.,  January  6,  1865. 
JAMES  D.  MORTON. 

Discharged  May  20,  1862,  by  order  of  General  Halleck. 
GEORGE  W.  SHEAFFER. 

Died  at  Riddle's  Point,  Mo.,  April  9,  1862. 
BENJAMINE  L.  WALLIS. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 

THOMAS  S.  EVANS. 

Veteran;  taken  prisoner  at  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La.,  April  8, 

1864;  died  in  rebel  prison  at  Tyler,  Texas,  September  1,  1864. 
ROBERT  G.  GIBSON. 

Discharged  December  24,  1863,  disability. 
MICHAEL  VIANCO. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  expired. 
JOHN  A.  ANKRUM. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  expired. 

PRIVATES. 

JOHN  SNETHEN. 

Appointed  wagoner;  died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  February  16,  1863. 

CHARLES  GARRETT. 

Appointed  musician;  discharged  March  1,  1862,  General  Order, 
No.  14. 
GEORGE  POND. 

Appointed   musician;    veteran;  mustered    out   September   4, 

1865. 

*Not  mustered  as  lieutenant  because  company  was  below  minimum. 


172  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

BENJAMIN  ADDIS. 

Wounded  at  Port  Gibson,  Miss.,  May  1,  1863;  transferred  to 
Invalid  Corps  January  25,  1864. 

JOHN  T.  ANDREWS. 

Died  on  steamer  July  24,  1862. 

ANTHONY  BABANOE. 

Veteran ;  taken  prisoner  at  battle  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La., 
April  8,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

THORNTON  A.  BURLEY. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864. 

JOHN  B.  BURNS. 

Discharged  October  10,  1862,  disability. 

BENJAMIN  BURNS. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

DAVID  S.  CASAD. 

Died  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  December  25,  1862. 
BENJAMIN  B.  CHILCOT. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
SAMUEL  CLARK. 

Died  on  hospital  boat  October  2,  1862. 
GEORGE  W.  CLARK. 

Died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  November  12,  1862. 
GEORGE  COLLINS. 

Appointed    corporal    January,   1862;    died   at   Helena,   Ark., 

December  1,  1862. 

ABEL  CRANE. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

DAVID  CRIPE. 

Killed  at  Port  Gibson,  Miss.,  May  1,  1863. 
JOSEPH  N.  DAVIDSON. 

Veteran;  promoted  sergeant;  mustered  out  September  4, 1865. 

WILLIAM  DAVIDSON. 

Died  at  Vicksburg,  Miss.,  June  27,  1863. 
ROSWELL  DIXON. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 
MILTON  DOUGHERTON. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
ALEXANDER  H.  DUKE. 

Appointed  sergeant  April  20,  1865;  mustered  out  December  1, 

1865,  term  expired. 
JOHN  EGAN. 

Discharged  October  2,  1862,  disability. 
JONATHAN  N.  GALLOWAY. 

Veteran;    wounded  at  battle  of  Port  Gibson,  Miss.,  May  1, 

1863;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 


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EDWARD  M.  GERARD. 

Discharged  December  25,  1862,  disability. 

JOSHUA  GIBSON. 

Discharged  April  25,  1862,  disability. 

JOHN  GILLIGAN. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 

WILLIAM  GOSLEE. 

Discharged  December  11,  1861,  disability. 

HENRY  C.  GRAHAM. 
JOHN  D.  GRANDSTAFF. 

Discharged  August  1,  1862,  disability. 
JAMES  D.  HARRISON. 

Discharged  July  3,  1862,  disability. 
GEORGE  W.  HAMILTON. 

Appointed  corporal;  wounded  July  13,  1863,  at  Jackson,  Miss.; 

discharged  July  12,  1863,  disability. 
JAMES  M.  HAZELGROVE. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
WHITLEY  HUNTLEY. 

Died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  October  28,  1862. 
GEORGE  HUNTSINGER. 

Veteran;  killed  at  the  battle  of    Sabine  Cross   Roads,  La., 

April  8,  1864. 

WILLIAM  JOHNSON. 

Died  at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  July  11,  1863. 
JACOB  KASHNER. 

Veteran;  captured  at  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La.,  April  8,  1864; 

promoted  sergeant;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
PHILIP  W.  KITE. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  expired. 
ALEXANDER  LANE. 

Killed  at  the  battle  of  Port  Gibson,  Miss.,  May  1,  1863. 
GEORGE  LANE. 

Veteran;  taken  prisoner  at  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La.,  April  8, 

1864;  died  in  prison  at  Camp  Ford,  Texas. 
HENRY  S.  LANE. 

Veteran;  promoted  sergeant;  mustered  out  September  4, 1865. 
ROBERT  LEWIS. 

Veteran;  taken  prisoner  April  8,  1864,  at  Sabine  Cross  Roads, 

La. ;  died  in  rebel  prison  at  Camp  Ford,  Texas. 
JOHN  LOVE. 

Appointed  corporal  July  1,  1862;   died  on  United  States  hos 
pital  boat  October  12,  1862. 
EDWARD  LOVEJOY. 

Discharged  November  11,  1862,  disability. 


174  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

JOHN  MADER. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 

JOHN  MAXWELL. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 

DAVID  MICKEREL. 

Died  at  Riddle's  Point,  Mo.,  April  19,  1862. 

JOHN  E.  MITCHELL. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 

ELI  C.  MOORE. 

Died  at  Natchez,  Miss.,  August  12,  1863. 

WILLIAM  McGLENNEN. 

Killed  at  Algiers,  La.,  May  26,  1864. 

PARKER  MCDOWELL. 

Died  at  Terre  Haute,  Ind.,  May  14,  1862. 

WILLIAM  McMAHAN. 

Transferred  to  Invalid  Corps  January  15,  1864. 

JOHN  G.  NEAL. 

Drowned  in  the  Mississippi  river  July  25,  1862. 

JAMES  NEVILLE. 

Discharged  June  17,  1862,  by  general  order. 

JOHN  N.  NEWHOUSE. 

Killed  at  the  battle  of  Champion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16,  1863. 

JOHN  W.  PETERSON. 

Veteran;  promoted  corporal;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

BENJAMIN  PICKARD. 

Discharged;  disability. 
SIMON  PEPPINGER. 

Discharged  June  29,  1863,  disability. 

JESSE  PRING. 

Died  May  20,  1862,  on  way  home. 

BENEDICT  REAF. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 

JOSIAH  RAPSE. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 

WILSON  H.  ROBINSON. 

Discharged  November  15,  1862,  disability. 

JACOB  RUTTLER. 

Veteran;  transfered  to  Sixteenth  Ohio  Battery  December  13, 
1863,  and  discharged  from  that  organization. 

EDMOND  RYAN. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  expired. 

JOHN  SHEPHERD. 

Veteran;  promoted  corporal;  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Cham 
pion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16,  1863;    captured  at  the  battle  of 


ROSTER    OF    COMPANY    C.  175 

Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La.,  April  8,  1864;  mustered  out  Septem 
ber  4,  1865. 

GEORGE  SHRINER. 

Discharged  for  disability. 

JOHN  R.  SCHAEFFER. 

Appointed    corporal   March,    1863;     died   May   17,    1863,    of 
wounds  received  May  1,  1863,  at  the  battle  of  Port  Gibson, 

Miss. 

JOHN  P.  SHARP. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  expired. 
ISAAC  E.  SMACK. 

Died  May  17,  1863,  of  wounds  received  at  Port  Gibson,  Miss., 
May  1,  1863. 

HARVEY  SMITH. 

Discharged  June  12,  1862,  by  general  order. 
JOHN  W.  SMITH. 

Discharged  March  4,  1863,  by  general  order. 
JOHN  A.  SNETHEN. 

Discharged  March  13,  1863,  disability. 
FRANCIS  M.  SPEECE. 

Veteran;  captured  April  8,  1864,  at  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La.; 

promoted  corporal;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
DANIEL  STINEBAUGH. 

Appointed  corporal  June  25,  1863;  mustered  out  December  1, 

1864,  term  of  service  expired. 
JOSEPH  E.  TEU. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 
FERDINAND  A.  THAYER. 

Discharged,  disability. 
JOHN  R.  THOMAS. 

Died  at  Nashville,  Tenn.,  May  17,  1863. 
JAMES  N.  THOMPSON. 

Died  in  hospital  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  of  wounds  received  May 

16,  1863,  at  the  battle  of  Champion's  Hill,  Miss. 
EDWARD  VIANCO. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 
AUSTIN  WAYMIRE. 

Died  May  17,  1863,  of  wounds  received  at  the  battle  of  Port 

Gibson,  Miss.,  May  1,  1863. 
EDWARD  WAYMIRE. 

Appointed  corporal  June,  1863;    discharged  March  8,  1864, 

disability. 

WALDO  W.  WILLIAMS. 

Transfered  to  Veteran  Reserve  Corps,  and  discharged  from 
that  organization. 


176  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

AMOS  W.  WILSON. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

RECRUITS. 

ANDREW  ASHBA. 

Mustered  in  February  13,  1865;   mustered  out  September  4, 

1865. 

JOHN  W.  ASHBA. 

Mustered  in  February  13,  1865;  mustered  out  September  4, 
1865. 

ALFRED  ARTHUR. 

Mustered  in  October  31,  1862;  discharged  January  14,  1864, 

disability. 
JAMES  M.  ASHBA. 

Mustered   in    February   24,   1865;    died   at   Lexington,   Ky., 

April  18,  1865. 
DANIEL  M.  BUSH. 

Mustered  in  March  15,  1864. 
SILAS  B.  DAGGETT. 

Mustered  in  January  1,  1864. 
PETER  DOW. 

Mustered  in  January  28,  1864. 
JOHN  M.  FOSTER. 

Mustered  in  November  16,  1864. 
ALLEN  HUGHES. 

Mustered  in  December  24,  1861;    wounded  at  the  battle  of 

Champion  Hills,  Miss.,  May  16,  1863;  mustered  out  December 

1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 
JOHN  HARDESTY. 

Mustered  in  November  16,  1864;  mustered  out  May  11,  1865. 
HENRY  W.  JACKMAN. 

Mustered  in  October  28,  1864. 
JOSEPH  KILGORE. 

Mustered  in  January  12,  1864;  died  at  Lexington,  Ky.,  March 

29,  1865. 
CHARLES  M.  KAUFMAN. 

Mustered  in  July  29,  1864;  died  at  Lexington,  Ky.,  January 

18,  1865. 
JOHN  LYNCH. 

Mustered  in  January  16,  1864. 
DAVID  LYNCH. 

Mustered  in  February  24,  1864;  mustered  out  January  7, 1865. 
EDWARD  LEPER. 

Mustered  in  August  12,  1864. 
RICHARD  LANE. 

Mustered  in  February  13,  1865;  mustered  out  June  7,  1865. 


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MARTIN  RHUL. 

Mustered  in  January  12,  1864;  mustered  out  May  16,  1865. 
ALONZO  SHAFFER. 

Mustered  in  December  16,  1863;  died  at  home  May  27,  1864. 
1THIA  SHEPHERD. 

Mustered  in  March  26,  1864;  mustered  out  May  15,  1865. 
GEORGE  M.  TODD. 

Mustered  in  August  15,  1862;  died  on  hospital  boat  Septem 
ber  20,  1862. 
JASPER  TOMOSON. 

Mustered  in  September  13,  1862;   discharged  July  22,  1865, 

disability. 


COMPANY  D. 

[This  company  was  mustered  into  the  U.  S.  Service  Novembers,  1861.] 
CAPTAINS. 

JOHN  GUTHRIE. 

Commissioned  October  4,  1861;  resigned  May  16,  1862. 

FIRST  LIEUTENANTS. 

CHARLES  A.  BROWNLIE. 

Commissioned  second  lieutenant  October  4,  1861,  first  lieuten 
ant  May  16,  1862;  mustered  out  December  26,  1864,  term  of 
service  expired. 
ABRAHAM  A.  HERMAN. 

Enlisted  November  4,  1861;  commissioned  first  lieutenant 
January  17,  1865:  mustered  out  with  the  regiment. 

SECOND  LIEUTENANTS. 

ALEXANDER  K.  EWING. 

Sergeant;  enlisted  November  5,  1861;  commissioned  second 
lieutenant  May  16,  1862;  resigned  May  28,  1863;  commis 
sioned  captain  in  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-eighth  Regiment. 

ANDREW  J.  LOVENGERE. 

Enlisted  November  5,  1861;  commissioned  second  lieutenant 
June  1,  1865;  mustered  out  as  sergeant  with  the  regiment.* 

SERGEANTS. 

JORDAN  R.  TYNER. 

Discharged  August  28,  1862,  disability. 
JAMES  A.  PEPPER. 

Died  at  New  Madrid,  Mo.,  April  19,  1862. 

*Not  mustered  as  lieutenant  because  company  was  below  minimum. 


178  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

ANDREW  J.  LITTLE. 

Mustered  out  December  21,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 

CORPORALS. 

JOHN  B.  STEPHENS. 

Discharged  October  21,  1862,  disability. 

ELIJAH  J.  HUNT. 

Discharged  October  13,  1862,  disability. 
AMBROSE  UPDEGRAFF. 

Drowned  in  the  Mississippi  river  July  2,  1862. 

JOHN  P.  LEMMING. 

Discharged,  disability. 
WILLIAM  LAYNEAR. 

Killed  at  the  battle  of  Champion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16,  1863. 
CORNELIUS  B.  WOODRUFF. 

Veteran;  promoted  sergeant;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

WILLIAM  H.  CROCKETT. 

Discharged  April  25,  1862,  disability. 
ROBERT  BENEATHY. 

Discharged  June  19,  1863,  disability. 

PRIVATES. 

THEORAM  W.  KENDRICK. 

Detailed  musician;  veteran;   promoted  corporal;  wounded  at 
the  battle  of  Port  Gibson,  Miss.,  May  1,  1863;  mustered  out 
September  4,  1865. 
JAMES  WILLIAMS. 

Detailed  wagoner;  discharged  October  2,  1862,  disability. 

THOMAS  J.  BELL. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 

MARTIN  V.  BLEW. 

Discharged  December  26,  1862,  by  order. 

MICHAEL  J.  BLEW. 

Veteran;  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La., 
April  8,  1864;  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Port  Gibson,  Miss., 
May  1,  1863;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
DAVID  BRUMINER. 

Discharged  February  17,  1864,  disability. 

JAMES  W.  F.  BOON. 

Veteran;  discharged  June  22,  1865,  disability. 

ISAIAH  BUDD. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 

JOHN  BUTLER. 

Discharged  December  26,  1862,  disability. 

GEORGE  BAER. 
.:     Died  at  Benton,  Mo. 


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MOSES  M.  CROCKETT. 

Veteran;  promoted  sergeant;  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Port 
Gibson,  Miss.,  May  1,  1863;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

PATRICK  CLIFFORD. 

Discharged. 

JAMES  W.  CLOUD. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 
SAMUEL  W.  CREE. 

Veteran;  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La., 
April  8,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

WILLIAM  CORNELL. 

Discharged  December  2,  1863,  disability. 
DAVID  CRIPL1VER. 

Killed  at  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La.,  April  8,  1864. 

GEORGE  A.  CASSEL. 

Discharged  September  14,  1862,  disability. 

NATHAN  DUNHAM. 

Died  May  20,  1863,  of  wounds  received  at  the  battle  of  Port 
Gibson,  Miss.,  May  1,  1863. 

PATRICK  DOUGHERTY. 

Discharged  February  12,  1862,  disability. 

GEORGE  E.  DODD. 

Died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  October  9,  1862. 

JOSEPH  DICKEY. 

Discharged  October  4,  1862,  disability. 

DAVID  E.  DICKEY. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864. 

JAMES  II.  DOBBINS. 

Veteran;  promoted  corporal;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
THOMAS  DEFORD. 

Veteran;  promoted  sergeant;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
JERRY  DUNN. 

Veteran;  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La., 

April  8,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

ANTHONY  A.  ESKEW. 

Veteran;  captured  at  the  battle  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La., 
April  8,  1864;  mustered  out  July  21,  1865,  disability. 

NICHOLAS  GRANSINGER. 

Died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  November  11,  1862. 
JAMES  GARDNER. 

Veteran;  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La., 

April  8,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
WILLIAM  H.  GAREY. 

Discharged  September  14,  1862,  by  order. 


180  THE   FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

ADAM  HINKLE. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

ABRAHAM  B.  HERMAN. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864. 

EDWARD  HATFIELD. 

Discharged  November  20,  1862,  by  order. 

JACOB  KITCHENS. 

Died  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  November  3,  1862. 

WILLIAM  H.  KITCHENS. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 

ALFRED  KITCHENS. 

Killed  at  Port  Gibson,  Miss.,  May  1,  1863. 

SAMUEL  L.  IRELAND. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

JULIUS  C.  JACKSON. 

Wounded  at  the  battle  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La.,  April  8, 

1864. 

NOAH  JONES. 

Killed  at  Port  Gibson,  Miss.,  May  1,  1863. 

DAVID  JONES. 

Died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  Oct.  12,  1862. 

DANIEL  O.  KEEFE. 

Discharged  May  10,  1862,  disability. 

WILLIAM  W.  LOUDERMILK. 

Killed  at  Port  Gibson,  Miss.,  May  1,  1863. 

ANDREW  J.  LOVENGERE. 

Veteran;  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Port  Gibson,  Miss.,  May  1, 
1863;  promoted  sergeant;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

THOMAS  J.  LYNCH. 

Died  at  Milliken's  Bend,  La.,  January  10,  1863. 
MICHAEL  MURRAY. 

Discharged,  disability. 
JOHN  McTAGGART. 

Discharged  on  account  of  wounds  received  at  Sabine  Cross 

Roads,  La.,  April  8,  1864,  by  which  he  lost  a  leg. 
PETER  McDERMOT. 

Discharged  April  13,  1863,  disability. 
PATRICK  McGLONE. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
WILLIAM  H.  NILES. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
GEORGE  W.  NIELD. 

Veteran;   captured  at  battle  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  April  8, 

1864;  mustered  out  July  25,  1865,  disability. 


KOSTER    OF    COMPANY    D.  181 

WRIGHT  L.  NIELD. 

Killed  at  Fort  Pemberton,  Miss.,  March  19,  1863. 
SAMUEL  PERKINS. 

Died  at  Mound  City,  111.,  August  30,  1862. 
WILLIAM  H.  POWELL. 

Died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  March  11,  1863. 

THOMAS  ROBISON. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 
JAMES  H.  SMITH, 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 
GEORGE  SEE. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 
ANDREW  J.  STOVER. 

Veteran;  promoted  corporal;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
WILLIAM  H.  SMALL. 

Veteran;  captured  at  the  battle  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La., 

April  8,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
JOHN  SHEA. 

Killed  at  Algiers,  La.,  April  21,  1864. 
DAVID  W.  SAMSEL. 

Wounded  by  guerrillas  near  Helena,  Ark.,  October  26,  1862; 

discharged  February  8,  1863,  disability. 
PERRY  SPRINGSTED. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
ROBERT  SHAW. 

Transferred  to  Invalid  Corps  September  20,  1863. 
LEMUEL  H.  TAM. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864. 
JAMES  TOLEN. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864. 
ANDREW  J.  WOODS. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864. 
WILLIAM  WOODS. 

Transferred  to  Marine  Corps. 
NICHOLAS  WELSH. 

Killed  at  Champion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16,  1863. 
JOSEPH  WILLIAMS. 

Died  at  Louisville,  Ky.,  December  25,  1861. 
PORTER  A.  WHITE. 

Veteran;  promoted  corporal;  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Sabine 

Cross  Roads,  La.,  April  8,  1864;   wounded  at  the  battle  of 

Champion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16,  1863;  mustered  out  Septem 
ber  4,  1865. 
BENJAMIN  WARFIELD. 

Died  at  Louisville,  Ky.,  January  14,  1862. 


182  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

• 

JOHN  WILLIAMSON. 

Died  at  Jefferson  Barracks,  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  February  26,  1863. 

RECRUITS. 

WILLIAM  H.  CONNER. 

Mustered  in  April  3,  1862;  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Cham 
pion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16,  1863;  mustered  out  April  5,  1865,. 
term  of  service  expired. 

JAMES  H.  JOHNSON. 

HIRAM  LUMBARD. 

Mustered  in  September  10,  1862;  died  April  16,  1864,  of 
wounds  received  April  8,  1864,  at  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La. 

ELI  PRUITT. 

MAXWELL  REESE. 

Mustered  in  February  25,  1862;  captured  at  Colcasieu  bay,, 
Texas,  April,  1864;  mustered  out  February  24,  1865. 

DANIEL  TOLEN. 

Mustered  in  September  16,  1862;  transferred  to  Sixteenth 
Ohio  Battery;  mustered  out  May  18,  1865. 


COMPANY  E. 

[This  company  was  mustered  November  5, 1861.] 
CAPTAINS. 

WILLIAM  SPENCER. 

Commissioned  October  4,  1861;  resigned  February  5,  1862. 

HENRY  SNYDER. 

Commissioned  second  lieutenant  October  4,  1861,  as  captain 
June  12,  1862;  mustered  out  October  14,  1864,  on  account  of 
wounds  received  at  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La.,  April  8,  1864. 

CHARLES  F.  FISHER. 

Sergeant;  enlisted  November  5,  1861;  commissioned  second 
lieutenant  June  12,  1862,  as  first  lieutenant  July  7,  1863,  a* 
captain  December  27,  1864;  mustered  out  with  the  regiment. 

FIRST  LIEUTENANTS. 

ELI  R.  HERMAN. 

Commissioned  first  lieutenant  October  4,  1861;  resigned  Feb 
ruary  5,  1862. 
GEORGE  W.  SPENCER. 

Enlisted  November  5,  1861;  commissioned  first  lieutenant 
June  12,  1862;  honorably  discharged  June  7,  1863. 

ELLIS  HUGHES. 

Sergeant;   enlisted  November  5,  1861;   captured  at  battle  of 


ROSTER    OF    COMPANY    E.  183 

Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La.,  April  8, 1864;  commissioned  first  lieu 
tenant  March  1,  1865;  mustered  out  with  the  regiment. 

SECOND  LIEUTENANTS. 

PRESTON  S.  MEEK. 

Sergeant;  enlisted  November  5,  1861;  commissioned  second 
lieutenant  July  1,  1863;  mustered  out  with  the  regiment  as 
sergeant.* 

ABRAM  F.  HUNTER. 

Corporal;  enlisted  November  5,  1861;  commissioned  second 
lieutenant  June  1,  1865;  mustered  out  with  the  regiment  as 
sergeant.* 

SERGEANTS. 

JOHN  D.  HERMAN. 

Died  at  Burnettsville,  Ind.,  July  25,  1862. 
MARTIN  V.  WILEY. 

Died  at  Burnettsville,  Ind.,  April  9,  1862. 

CORPORALS. 

CLINTON  J.  ARMSTRONG. 

Died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  February  2,  1863. 
WILLIAM  H.  KELLENBURGER. 

Veteran. 
HENRY  BILLINGS. 

Discharged  for  promotion  February  18,  1863. 
WALTER  W.  McBETH. 

Discharged  April  2,  1862. 
WILLIAM  H.  GILLMAN. 

Discharged  for  promotion. 
ROBERT  C.  HENDERSON. 

Died  at  Evansville,  Ind.,  April  29,  1863. 

WILLIAM  M.  C.  MILLER. 

PRIVATES. 

CALEB  A.  LAMB. 

Appointed  musician;  discharged  May  29,  1862,  disability. 
THOMAS  C.  BURSON. 

Appointed  musician;  transferred  to  Company  H  June  2,  1864. 
JOHN  G.  SPARKS. 

Detailed  wagoner;  discharged  June  12,  1862,  disability. 
GEORGE  H.  ALBERT. 

Wounded  at  the  battle  of  Port  Gibson,  Miss.,  May  1,  1863; 

mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 

*Not  mustered  as  lieutenants  because  company  was  below  minimum. 


184  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

JOSEPH  ADAMS. 

Died  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  April  27,  1862. 
JAMES  ALKIER. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
ELZA  E.  ARMSTRONG. 

Discharged  June  14,  1863,  disability. 
LEVI  BEAR. 

Veteran;  captured  at  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La.,  April  8,  1864; 

mustered  out  September  43  1865. 

CHARLES  BAUM. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 
RICHARD  BIRD. 

Discharged  December  14,  1862,  disability. 
HENRY  BISHOP. 

Discharged  August  22,  1863,  disability. 
DAVID  BISHOP. 

Veteran;  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La., 

April  8,  1864;  died  at  Lexington,  Ky.,  February  4,  1865. 
PATRICK  BURK. 

WILLIAM  BOZE. 

Discharged  February  1,  1863. 

JOHN  W.  BRIGGS. 

Veteran;  captured  at  the  battle  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La., 
April  8,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

WILLIAM  C.  BROCKUS. 

Veteran;  promoted  sergeant;  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Port 
Gibson,  Miss.,  May  1,  1863;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

THOMAS  R.  BUNNELL. 

Discharged  May  22,  1862,  disability. 

GEORGE  W.  BUNNELL. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 

EDWARD  M.  BURNS. 

Died  at  New  Madrid,  Mo.,  March  10,  1862. 
GEORGE  W.  CLINGER. 

Discharged  July  11,  1863,  disability. 
DANIEL  CRUMMER. 

Died  at  Milliken's  Bend,  La.,  May  31,  1863. 
JOHN  B.  CRUMMER. 

Wounded  at  the  battle  of  Port  Gibson,  Miss.,  May  1, 1883,  and 

died  of  wounds  received  at  Grand  Gulf,  Miss.,  May  28,  1863. 
THEODORE  M.  DAVIS. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 
FRANCIS  M.  DAVIS. 

Discharged  May  29,  1862,  disability. 


ROSTER    OF    COMPANY   E.  185 

DAVID  A.  DEBRA. 

Died  at  Bardstown,  Ky.,  February  11,  1862. 

JACOB  M.  DUNHAM. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

EPHRIAM  FLEMMING. 

Discharged  May  22,  1862,  disability. 

SAMUEL  FLEMMING. 

Discharged  January  4,  1863,  disability. 

EDWARD  FALK. 

Taken   prisoner  at   the  battle  of   Sabine  Cross   Roads,  La., 

April  8,  1864;    died  in  rebel  prison,  Tyler,  Texas,  April  20, 

1864. 
MILTON  M.  GOSLEY. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

GARDNER  HAINES. 

Discharged  May  25,  1862,  disability. 
HERMAN  HEBNER. 

Veteran;  promoted  sergeant;  captured  at  Sabine  Cross  Roads 

April  8,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
WILLIAM  A.  HERMAN. 

Discharged  May  26,  1862,  disability. 
JOHN  HIGGINS. 
WILLIAM  A.  HOGLAND. 

Discharged  March  4,  1863,  disability. 
HENRY  ITSKIN. 

Veteran;  captured  at  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La.,  April  8,  1864; 

mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
WILLIAM  D.  JUMPER. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
WILLIAM  J.  KENDAL. 

Died  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  June  31,  1863. 
HENRY  B.  LEAZENBY. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  3,  1865. 
JOHN  McARTHUR. 

Discharged  January  1,  1863,  disability. 
MOSES  A.  McCONAHAY. 

Veteran;    promoted  corporal;    captured  at   battle  of   Sabine 

Cross  Roads  April  8,  1864;   mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
WILLIAM  R.  McINTIRE. 

Discharged  July  14,  1862,  disability. 
JAMES  M.  McCOMBS. 

Veteran;   promoted  commissary  sergeant;   mustered  out  Sep 
tember  4,  1865. 
THOMAS  MALONE. 

Veteran;  promoted  corporal;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 


186  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

EDWARD  C.  MEAD. 

Discharged  December  13,  1862,  disability. 
JOSIAH  METZ. 

Died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  February  14,  1863. 
RANDOLPH  MARIDETH. 

Wounded  at  Port  Gibson,  Miss.,  May  1,  1863;  died  at  New 

Orleans,  La.,  January  26,  1864. 

JAMES  M.  McBETH. 

Veteran;  captured  at  the  battle  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La., 
April  8,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

GEORGE  W.  MURRY. 

Veteran;  discharged  March  10,  1864,  disability. 
NATHANIEL  NICHOLAS. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 

WILLIAM  NICHOLAS. 

Discharged  March  10,  1863,  disability. 
DARLINGTON  PARCELLS. 

Discharged  December  2,  1862,  disability. 
JOHN  PETERS. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
MARION  RANDAL. 

Died  at  Bardstown,  Ky.,  January  11,  1862. 
ALEXANDER  REED. 

Veteran;  captured  at  the  battle  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La., 

April  8,  1864;  mustered  out  July  15,  1865. 
CHARLES  RIDER. 

Discharged  May  29,  1862,  disability. 
CHARLES  F.  RIDER. 

Veteran;  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Port  Gibson,  Miss.,  May 

1,  1863;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
THOMAS  R.  RINKER, 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 
JESSE  ROBBINS. 

Discharged  May  29,  1862,  disability. 
BENJAMIN  F.  ROSS. 

Veteran;  promoted  sergeant;  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Cham 
pion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16,  1863;  mustered  out  September  4, 

1865. 
JOHN  G.  ROSENTRALER. 

Discharged  May  29,  1862,  disability. 
JOHN  S.  SHIELDS. 

Discharged  June  13,  1863,  disability. 
SAMUEL  D.  SHIELDS. 

Veteran;   wounded  at  the  battle  of  Champion's  Hill,  Miss., 

May  16,  1863;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 


ROSTER    OF    COMPANY    E.  187 

ISAAC  B.  SHIELDS. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 

WILLIAM  C.  SHULL. 

Veteran;  promoted  sergeant;  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Port 
Gibson,  Miss.,  May  1,  1863;  mustered  out  September  12,  1865. 

JEPTHA  J.  SHULL. 

Veteran;  promoted  sergeant;  mustered  out  September  12,  1865. 

DECATURE  SIMOMS. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864. 

GEORGE  W.  SMITH. 

Killed  at  Champion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16,  1863. 

FRANK  SHAUP. 

Veteran;   transferred  to  Sixteenth  Ohio  Battery  Light  Artil 
lery. 

JOHN  G.  SPARKS. 

Discharged  June  12,  1862,  disability. 

ROBERT  STOGDEL. 

Wounded  at  battle  of  Port  Gibson,  Miss.,  May  1,  1863;   dis 
charged  October  10,  1863,  on  account  of  wounds. 

FRANCIS  M.  ST.  CLAIR. 

Discharged  May  29,  1862,  disability. 

HENRY  L.  TEEPLES. 

Veteran;   wounded  at  Port  Gibson,  Miss.,  May  1,  1863;   mus 
tered  out  September  4,  1865. 

ABNER  S.  TEEPLES. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

MOSES  W.  TUCKER. 

Veteran;  captured  at  battle  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La.,  April 
8,  1864,  discharged  July  8,  1865,  disability. 

JOHN  U.  WATERBURG. 

Discharged  March  18,  1863,  disability. 

JOHN  W.  WELCH. 

Veteran;  captured  at  battle  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La.,  April 
8,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

DIAN  B.  WIRT. 

Wounded  at  battle  of  Port  Gibson,  Miss.,  May  1,  1863;  mus 
tered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 

HIRAM  WYATT. 

Discharged  September  2,  1862,  disability. 

LEWIS  YAZEL. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

MAHLON  U.  YOUNG. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

RAZEL  YOUNG. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 


188  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

RECRUITS. 

JOHN  ENTZMINGER. 

Mustered  June  14,  1862;    died  at  Memphis,  Term.,  July  16, 

1862. 
WILLIAM  R.  GURLEY. 

Veteran;    Mustered  April  4,  1862;   transferred  to  Company  I. 
CHARLES  GENTIS. 

Mustered  June  14,  1862;  deserted  April  12,  1863. 
JAMES  G.  HANGHAN. 

Mustered  June  18,  1862;   died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  December  27, 

1862. 
WILLIAM  ROBBINS. 

Mustered  January  28,  1864;   mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
DAVID  STEPHENSON. 

Mustered  March  28,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
MILTON  TAYLOR. 

Mustered  October  29,  1862;  discharged  1863,  disability. 
THEODORE  TAYLOR. 

Mustered  October  26,  1862;   promoted  corporal;    captured  at 

battle  of   Sabine  Cross  Roads  April  8,  1864;    mustered  out 

September  4,  1865. 


COMPANY   F. 

[This  companjr  was  mustered  into  the  service  November  14,  1861.] 
CAPTAINS. 

DAVID  HOWELL. 

Commissioned  October  4,  1861;   resigned  February  5,  1862; 
commissioned  captain,  Seventy-fourth  Regiment. 
SAMUEL  OSBORNE. 

Commissioned  February  6,  1862;  resigned  May  26,  1863. 

BERNARD  B.  DAILY. 

Commissioned  first  lieutenant  October  4,  1861,  captain  May 
30,  1862;  resigned  July  26,  1863. 

JOSEPH  C.  PLUMB. 

Commissioned  second  lieutenant  March  1,  1863,  first  lieuten 
ant  May  20,  1863,  captain  July  20,  1863;  resigned  March  2, 
1863. 
JOHN  SHAFFER. 

Sergeant;  enlisted  November  14,  1861;  captured  at  the  battle 
of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La.,  April  8,  1864;  commissioned  cap 
tain  June  1,  1865;  mustered  out  as  sergeant  July  19,  1865.* 

MICHAEL  RADER. 

Corporal;  enlisted  November  14,  1861;  wounded  at  the  battle 

*Not  mustered  as  captain  because  company  was  below  minimum. 


KOSTER    OF    COMPANY    F.  189 

of  Champion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16,  1863;  commissioned  first 
lieutenant  December  20,  1864;  captain  August  8,  1865;  mus 
tered  out  with  the  regiment. 

FIRST  LIEUTENANTS. 

JOEL  FERRIS. 

Sergeant;  enlisted  November  14,  1861;  commissioned  second 
lieutenant  April  7,  1862;  first  lieutenant  May  30,  1862;  killed 
at  Champion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16,  1863. 

GEORGE  W.  STONE. 

Enlisted  November  14,  1861;  commissioned  second  lieutenant 
May  20,  1863,  first  lieutenant  July  27, 1863;  discharged  August 
10,  1864. 

GEORGE  W.  YATES. 

Sergeant;  enlisted  November  14,  1861;  commissioned  second 
lieutenant  June  1,  1865,  first  lieutenant  July  1,  1865;  mustered 
out  with  the  regiment  as  sergeant.* 

SECOND  LIEUTENANTS. 

ATLAS  A.  BENHAM. 

Commissioned  second  lieutenant  October  4,  1861;  died  near 

Point  Pleasant,  Mo.,  April  4,  1862. 
JAMES  PERKINS. 

Corporal;  enlisted  November  14,  1861;  commissioned  second 

lieutenant  May  30,  1862;  resigned  February  14,  1863. 

SERGEANTS. 

GEORGE  McCORMICK. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 
ANTHONY  J.  TILTON. 

CORPORALS. 

DAVID  SNOEBERGER. 

Discharged  December  18,  1862,  disability. 
LEWIS  SUTTON. 

Discharged  April  8,  1862. 
JOSEPH  HERMAN. 

Discharged  February  5,  1863,  disability. 
GEORGE  W.  PORTER. 

Died  at  home  November  24,  1862. 
DANIEL  FRY. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
JACOB  QUINN. 

Died  at  Milliken's  Bend,  La.,  April  15,  1863. 

*  Not  mustered  as  lieutenant  because  company  was  below  minimum. 


190  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

PRIVATES. 

WILLIAM  PADEN. 

Detailed  musician;  discharged  February  1,  1863. 

MICHAEL  BLUE. 

Detailed  musician;  died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  December  25,  1862. 

MATHIAS  EASTWOOD. 

Detailed  wagoner;  died  May  14, 1862,  near  Fort  Pillow,  Tenn. 

SILAS  ATCHISON. 

Discharged  August  25,  1862,  disability. 

WILLIAM  BARR. 

Died  at  New  Madrid,  Mo.,  April,  1862. 

HENRY  E.  BERRY. 

Veteran;    captured  at  the  battle  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La., 
April  8,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

DANIEL  L.  BLAUGER. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  expired. 

FERDINAND  BLACK. 

Discharged  December  15,  1861. 

WILLIAM  BUTLER. 

Promoted  to  corporal;  killed  at  the  battle  of  Champion's  Hill, 
Miss.,  May  16,  1863. 

JAMES  CAMPBELL. 

Promoted  corporal;  wounded  at  battle  of  Port  Gibson,  Miss., 
May  1,  1863;  mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  expired. 

TILMAN  A.  H.  CAMPBELL. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

WILLIAM  CATELY. 

Transferred  to  the  Invalid  Corps  December  8,  1862. 

JAMES  S.  COLEMAN. 

Veteran;  captured  at  the  battle  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La., 
April  8,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

JOSEPH  S.  COLLINS. 

Discharged  September  3,  1862,  disability. 

JOHN  COMPTON. 

Died  at  Bardstown,  Ky.,  January  28,  1862. 

DAVID  CONN  ELL. 

Died  at  Milliken's  Bend,  La.,  June  12,  1864. 

RILEY  COOK. 

Discharged  1862. 

JOHN  COOK. 

Discharged  April  12,  1862,  disability. 

LAWRENCE  CORRIGAN. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 


ROSTER    OF    COMPANY    F.  191 

PATRICK  CULHAM. 

Wounded  at  Vicksburg,  Miss.,  during  siege;  mustered  out 
December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 

ABRAHAM  COX. 

Died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  October  24,  1862. 

JAMES  CRIPPEN. 

Wounded  at  the  battle  of  Champion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16, 
1863;  mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 
NATHANIEL  DICKEY. 

Veteran;  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Champion's  Hill,  Miss., 
May  16,  1863;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

EPHRAIM  DIX. 

Transferred  to  Marine  Corps  January,  1864. 
WILLIAM  DOUGLAS. 

Veteran;  promoted  corporal;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
JAMES  H.  EASTWOOD. 

Died  at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  June  20,  1862. 

SAMUEL  D.  FAUST. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

MATHIAS  S.  FRANKLIN. 

Died  at  home  January  20,  1862. 

SAMUEL  GABLE. 

Veteran;  captured  at  the  battle  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La., 
April  8,  1864;  .mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

ALBERT  J.  GILLAM. 

Discharged  February  6,  1863,  disability. 

JACOB  GATES. 

Veteran;  promoted  corporal;  captured  at  the  battle  of  Sabine 
Cross  Roads,  La.,  April  8,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4, 
1865. 

JAMES  HASTINGS. 

Veteran;  taken  prisoner  at  the  battle  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads;' 
died  while  in  prison. 

BENJAMIN  HASTINGS. 

Veteran;  promoted  corporal;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

PETER  HASTINGS. 

Transferred  to  Marine  Corps  January,  1863. 

JACOB  HEINEY. 

Veteran;  promoted  sergeant;  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Cham 
pion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16,  1863;  mustered  out  September  4, 
1865. 

JONATHAN  HINEY. 

Veteran;  promoted  sergeant;  captured  at  the  battle  of  Sabine 
Cross  Roads,  La.,  April  8,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4, 
1865. 


192  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

ALEXANDER  HOGELAN. 

Wounded  at  the  battle  of  Champion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16, 
1863;  transferred  to  Veteran  Reserve  Corps,  1863. 

LEVI  HOOVER. 

Died  in  hospital  April  2,  1862. 

GEORGE  HUFFMAN. 

Veteran;  promoted  sergeant;  captured  at  the  battle  of  Sabine 
Cross  Roads,  La.,  April  8,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4, 
1865. 

SILAS  HURLEY. 

Died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  August  26,  1862. 

JOHN  W.  HOWELL. 

Wounded  at  Carancro  bayou,  La.,  November  3,  1863;  mustered 
out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 

SETH  IRELAND. 

Discharged  March  14,  1863,  disability. 

SAMUEL  JEROME. 

Discharged;  date  unknown. 

SAMUEL  KELLER. 

Discharged  November  13,  1862. 

WILLIAM  KNETTLE. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

THOMAS  KUHN. 

Discharged  September  14,  1862,  disability. 

DANIEL  LESLIE. 

Veteran;  discharged  July  12, 1865,  disability,  caused  by  wounds 
received  in  battle  at  Champion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16,  1863. 

WILLIAM  MATHERS. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

SAMUEL  W.  McCRAY. 

Discharged  May  19,  1862,  disability. 

JOHN  MEREDITH. 

Veteran;  taken  prisoner  at  Sabine  Cross  Roads;  died  while  in 
rebel  prison. 

HENRY  MILLARD. 

Died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  December  1,  1862. 

JAMES  MORAN. 

Wounded  at  battle  of  Champion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16,  1863; 
died  at  Indianapolis,  Ind.,  June  14,  1863. 

THOMAS  NACE. 

Killed  at  Champion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16,  1863. 

WILLIAM  F.  NACE. 

Wounded  at  the  battle  of  Champion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16, 
1863;  mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 


ROSTER    OF    COMPANY    F.  193 

JOSEPH  NEARHOFF. 

Mustered  out  December  12,  1864. 

WILLIAM  NOBLE. 

Died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  1862. 

THEOPHILFS  OSBORN. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

DAVID  FLETCHER. 

Veteran;  promoted  corporal;  mustered  out  September  4, 1865. 
HENRY  C.  PRUETT. 

Discharged  September  11, 1862,  disability. 
WILLIAM  J.  RIDINGER. 

Died  at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  August  11,  1862. 
ISAAC  RIMIER. 

Died  of  wounds  received  at  Vicksburg,  Miss.,  June  15,  1863. 
JOHN  ROBINSON. 

Appointed  corporal;  appointed  sergeant;  mustered  out  Decem 
ber  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 
JACOB  SELL. 

Veteran;  captured  at  battle  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La.,  April 

8,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
JOSEPH  SCOTT. 

Veteran;  taken  prisoner  at  battle  of  Champion's  Hill,  Miss., 

May  16,  1863;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
FRANCIS  M.  SHAFER. 

Veteran;  promoted  corporal;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
WILLIAM  F.  SW ANGER. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
BEECHER  SHARP. 

Wounded  at  the  battle  of  Champion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16, 

1863;  mustered  out  December  1, 1864,  term  of  service  expired. 
SAMPSON  SHUEY. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
JOHN  SPENCE. 

Dropped  from  the  rolls  by  order. 
ANDREW  SPENCE. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
JONAS  SLONIKER. 

Veteran;  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Port  Gibson,  Miss.,  May 

1,  1863;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
MICHAEL  TAFFE. 

Killed  at  Champion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16,  1863. 
SAMUEL  THOMPSON. 

Died  at  Madison,  Ind.,  July  15,  1863. 
JAMES  S.  TRIPP. 

Died  at  Memphis,  1862. 


194  THE    FOKTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

ALBERT  W.  TRIPP. 

Died  at  Memphis,  1862. 
GEORGE  WICKHAM. 

Discharged  April  10,  1863,  disability. 
JOSEPH  WILLIS. 

Discharged  December  16,  1862,  disability. 
HEZEKIAH  E.  YOUNG. 

Died  December  2,  1861. 
JOSEPH  ZERNS. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864. 

RECRUITS. 

WILLIAM  FRANKLIN. 

Discharged;  date  unknown. 
.SAMUEL  CODER. 

Discharged;  date  unknown. 


COMPANY  G. 

[This  company  was  mustered  into  the  service  November  5,  1861.] 
CAPTAINS. 

ROBERT  W.  SILL. 

Commissioned  captain  October  4,  1861;  discharged  November 
17,  1862. 

JOSEPH  D.  COWTDIN. 

Commissioned  first  lieutenant  October  4,  1861,  captain  Novem 
ber  17,  1862;  resigned  December  23,  1862. 

WOODSON  S.  MARSHALL. 

Commissioned  February  1,  1863;  resigned  July  28,  1863. 

JAMES  HESS. 

Sergeant;    enlisted  November  5,  1861;    commissioned  second 
lieutenant  May  7,  1862;   first  lieutenant  November  17,  1862; 
captain  July  29,  1863;  mustered  out  December  12,  1864,  term 
of  service  expired. 
JOSEPH  L.  CHAMBERLAIN. 

Enlisted  November  5,  1861;  commissioned  captain  December 
20,  1864;  mustered  out  with  the  regiment. 

FIRST  LIEUTENANTS. 

JOSEPH  TAYLOR. 

Sergeant;  enlisted  November  5,  1861;  commissioned  first  lieu 
tenant  July  29,  1863;  honorably  discharged  November  12,  1864. 

ENOS  THOMAS. 

Commissioned  first  lieutenant  December  20,  1864;    mustered 
out  with  the  regiment. 


ROSTER    OF    COMPANY    G.  195 

SECOND  LIEUTENANTS. 

JOHN  M.  BERKEY. 

Enlisted  November  5,  1861;  commissioned  second  lieutenant 
December  1,  1863;  resigned  May  6,  1862. 

WILLIAM  H.  H.  RADER. 

Sergeant;  enlisted  November  5,  1861;  commissioned  second 
lieutenant  November  17,  1862;  resigned  August  1,  1863. 

JOSEPH  H.  CARR. 

Sergeant;  enlisted  November  5,  1861;  wounded  at  the  battle 
of  Champion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16,  1863;  taken  prisoner  at 
the  battle  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La.,  April  8,  1864;  confined 
at  Tyler,  Texas;  commissioned  second  lieutenant  June  1,  1865; 
mustered  out  as  sergeant  with  the  regiment.* 

SERGEANTS. 

D.  M.  TILTON. 

Discharged  March  29,  1862,  disability. 

CORPORALS. 

BENJAMIN  F.  STEPHENSON. 

Died  at  Bardstown,  Ky.,  February  16,  1862. 
DAVID  M.  HENDERSON. 

'Mustered  out  December  1,  1864. 
JAMES  SWISIIER. 

Discharged  April  26,  1862,  disability. 
JOHN  HUTCHERSON. 

Died  September  26,  1862,  at  Helena,  Ark. 
NATHAN  A.  ADAMS. 

Died  at  Milliken's  Bend,  La.,  April  24,  1863. 
J.  H.  DUNLOP. 

Discharged  August  4,  1862,  disability. 
ALEXANDER  GUNN. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864. 
T.  W.  GALLAGER. 

Transferred  to  cavalry. 

EPIIRAIM  MASON.          PRIVATES'  .        "'    ' 

Detailed  wagoner;  discharged  June  11,  1862,  disability. 

AMAZIAH  WATSON. 

Detailed  musician;  mustered  out  June  29,  1865. 

E.  R.  COULSON, 

Detailed  musician;  discharged  October  14,  1862,  disability. 
JOHN  M.  BUNNELL. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  expired. 

*  Not  mustered  as  lieutenant  because  company  was  below  minimum. 


196  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

THOMAS  M.  BELL. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  expired. 

ABEL  BENJAMIN. 

Killed  at  the  battle  of  Champion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16,  1863. 
PHILIP  M.  BENJAMIN. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864. 

DENNIS  BAGLEY. 

Veteran;  promoted  corporal;  wounded  in  arm;  taken  prisoner 
at  the  battle  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La.,  April  8,  1864;  con 
fined  at  Camp  Ford  and  Tyler,  Texas;  mustered  out  Septem 
ber  4,  1865. 

JAMES  CRISWELL. 

Discharged  May,  1862,  disability. 

WILLIAM  R.  CLOUSE. 

Veteran;  killed  at  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La.,  April  8,  1864. 

LEWIS  CHAMBERLIN. 

Discharged  for  disability. 

JOHN  CL1NGIN. 

Captured  at  Vermillionville,  La. ;  mustered  out  December  lr 
1864. 

DANIEL  CRONEN. 

Veteran;  captured  at  battle  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La.,  April 
8,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

LOT  M.  CAMLIN. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864. 

SOLOMON  M.  CAMLIN. 

Promoted  to  corporal;  wounded  at  Vicksburg,  Miss.;  dis 
charged  on  account  of  wounds. 

JOSHUA  T.  COLVIN. 

Taken  prisoner  at  the  Colcasieu  Pass,  Texas,  April  8,  1864; 

died  in  rebel   prison   at  Camp  Grose,  Texas,  December  26, 

1864. 
LEVI  C.  CLINE. 

Veteran;  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Port  Gibson,  Miss.,  May  lr 

1863;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
HAMILTON  CLINE. 

Mustered  out  December  1, 1864. 
PETER  COLE. 

Veteran;  promoted  corporal;  mustered  out  September  4, 1865. 
AMOS  DUNHAM. 

Killed  at  the  battle  of  Champion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16,  1863. 
WILLIAM  DILLON. 

Veteran;    wounded  at  the  battle  of  Champion's  Hill,  Miss., 

May  16,  1863;  wounded  at  Henderson,  Ky.,  August  21,  1864; 

mustered  out  July  18,  1865. 


ROSTER    OF    COMPANY    G.  197 

HENRY  EVANS. 

Mustered  out  December  21,  1864. 

WILLIAM  T.  EAVES. 

Mustered  out  July  18,  1865. 

DAVID  EZRA. 

Discharged  on  account  of  disability. 
HENRY  FUNK. 

Discharged  August  24,  1863,  disability. 
THOMAS  G.  GLASSFORD. 

Died  June  1,  1863,  of  wounds  received  at  the  battle  of  Cham 
pion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16,  1863. 
WILLIAM  HAY  WARD. 

Veteran;  taken  prisoner  at  the  battle  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads, 

La.,  April  8,1864;    confined  in  prison  at  Tyler,  Texas;   mus 
tered  out  September  4,  1865. 
HIRAM  N.  HUFAM. 

Discharged  on  account  of  disability. 
JOHN  N.  HARBERT. 

Veteran;  promoted  sergeant;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
JONATHAN  HESS. 

Veteran;  discharged  April  27,  1865,  disability. 
ROBERT  W.  HOWARD. 

Died  March  12,  1862,  at  Benton,  Mo. 
GEORGE  IMES. 

Mustered  out  by  order  of  General  Halleck. 
JEREMIAH  B.  JOHNSON. 

Killed  at  Jackson,  Miss.,  July  19,  1863. 
JAMES  O.  JOHNSON. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864. 
RUDOLPH  KLIST. 
JACOB  KANOUSE. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
LEWELLEN  KENTON. 

Discharged  on  account  of  disability. 
JACOB  LARGURT. 

Discharged  on  account  of  disability. 
JAMES  LUZADDER. 

Veteran;    wounded    at   the   battle   of    Carancro   bayou,   La., 

November  3,  1863;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
ANTHONY  MASTAN. 

Died  at  Riddle's  Point,  Mo.,  March  26,  1862. 
AMBROSE  MUDGE. 

Discharged  March  15,  1864,  disability. 
€OLON  McCULLOCH. 

Discharged  August  24,  1863,  disability. 


198  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

SYLVESTER  McFARLAND. 

Discharged  May  10,  1862,  disability. 

JULIUS  MCDONALD. 

Discharged  December  18,  1862,  disability. 

WILLIAM  MYERS. 

Discharged  June  11,  1862,  disability. 
JOHN  A.  NICHOLSON. 

Discharged  February  11,  1863,  disability. 

JOHN  NOLES. 

Died  January  6,  1862. 

ELIJAH  T.  OLIVER. 

Discharged  September  16,  1862. 

JOSHUA  H.  PERFECT. 

Discharged  on  account  of  disability;  date  unknown. 

RICHARD  N.  PALMER. 

Discharged  August  15,  1862,  disability. 

ALEXANDER  PAIGE. 

Discharged  for  disability. 

HUGH  QUINN. 

Mustered  out  May  5,  1865. 

CHARLES  ROGERS. 

Veteran;  promoted  sergeant;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
WILLIAM  ROGERS. 

Discharged  May  8,  1862,  disability. 
MARTIN  ROWAN. 

Discharged  January  13,  1863,  disability. 
FRANCIS  J.  RADER. 

Discharged  August  12,  1862,  disability. 
JAMES  A.  REYNOLDS. 

Killed  at  Carthage,  La.,  May  26,  1863. 
GEORGE  M.  RIGGINS. 

Died  at  Bardstown,  Ky. ;  date  unknown. 
JOHN  F.  SHULTZ. 

Veteran;  promoted  corporal;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865* 
FLORA  SHEHAN. 

Died  June  7,  1863,  of  wounds  received  at  the  battle  of  Cham 
pion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16,  1863. 
GEORGE  SWARTZELL. 

Died  at  Benton,  Mo.,  February  26,  1862. 
JACKSON  SWISHER. 

Killed  at  the  battle  of  Port  Gibson,  Miss.,  May  1, 1863. 
WILLIAM  THOMAS. 
JESSE  B.  THORNTON. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 


ROSTER    OF    COMPANY    G.  199 

MARION  THOMPSON. 

Died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  November  11,  1862. 
JOHN  TILTON. 

Discharged  November,  1862,  disability. 
SYLVAN  VAN  VOORST. 

Discharged  January  8,  1863,  disability. 
SYLVESTER  WILEY. 

Discharged  April  2,  1862,  disability. 
JOHN  W.  WARWICK. 

Died  April  4,  1863. 
GEORGE  WILLIAMS. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864. 
AARON  WOOD. 

Promoted  corporal;  mustered  out  December  1,  1864. 
HENRY  WHITE. 

Died  September  9,  1862. 
THOMAS  WICKHAM. 

Discharged  April  24,  1862,  disability. 
J.  K.  M.  WOOD. 

Veteran;  drowned  at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  June  17,  1864. 
ALLEN  WHITE. 

Veteran;  taken  prisoner  at  the  battle  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads, 

La.,  April  8,  1864;  confined  at  Tyler  and  Camp  Ford,  Texas; 

mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
JOHN  WHITE. 

Discharged  September  16,  1862,  disability. 
JOHN  B.  WALDRON. 

Veteran;  promoted  corporal;  wounded  at  Jackson,  Miss.,  July, 

1863;  taken  prisoner  at  the  battle  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La., 

April  8,  1864;  confined  at  Tyler,  Texas;  mustered  out  Septem 
ber  4,  1865. 
J.  W.  YOUNT. 

Discharged  January  13,  1863,  disability. 
WILLIAM  YATES. 

Mustered  out  by  General  Order,  No.  14,  General  Halleck. 

RECRUITS. 

WILLIAM  H.  BONNELL. 

Mustered  in  January  2,  1862;  veteran;  wounded  at  the  battle 
of  Champion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16, 1863,  receiving  two  wounds, 
one  in  body  and  one  in  leg;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

JOHN  E.  CHAMBERLAIN. 

Mustered  in  January  28,  1863;  mustered  out  September  4, 
1865. 

JAMES  C.  CHAMBERLAIN. 

Mustered  in  September  14,  1862;  taken  prisoner  at  the  battle 


200  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La.,  April  8,  1864;  confined  at  Tyler 
Texas;  mustered  out  July  18,  1865. 
GEORGE  EAVES. 

Mustered  in  November  10,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4 
1865. 

WILLIAM  H.  FRY. 

Mustered  in  February  17,  1864;  mustered  out  June  8,  1865. 

JACOB  GUESS. 

Mustered  in  May  14,  1862;  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Cham 
pion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16,  1863;  taken  prisoner  at  the  battle 
of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La.,  April  8,  1864;  confined  at  Camp 
Gross  and  Tyler,  Texas;  mustered  out  April  18,  1865. 

JAMES  D.  HARRISON. 

Mustered  in  July  28,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

JOHN  F.  RADER. 

Mustered  in  January  14,  1862;  mustered  out  December  1,  1864. 

FRANCIS  M.  SMITH. 

Mustered  in  March  24,  1862;  mustered  out  March  27,  1865. 


COMPANY  H. 

[This  company  was  mustered  into  the  U.  S.  Service  Novembers,  1861.] 

FELIX  B.THOMAS.        CAPTAINS' 

Commissioned  October  4,  1861;  resigned  March  28,  1862. 

GEORGE  BIJRSON. 

Commissioned  first  lieutenant  October  4,  1861,  as  captain  May 
29,  1862;  transferred  to  colored  regiment. 

JAMES  W.  BROWN. 

Commissioned  second  lieutenant  October  4,  1861,  as  first  lieu 
tenant  March  29,  1862,  as  captain  April  22,  1863;  mustered 
out  on  expiration  of  term  December  28,  1864. 

JAMES  F.  MITCHEL. 

Sergeant;  enlisted  November  5,  1861;  commissioned  second 
lieutenant  March  29,  1862,  as  first  lieutenant  April  22,  1863, 
as  captain  December  29,  1864,  wounded  at  the  seige  of  Jack 
son,  Miss.,  July  17,  1863;  mustered  out  with  the  regiment. 

FIRST  LIEUTENANTS. 

MARTIN  L.  BURSON. 

Sergeant;  enlisted  November  5,  1861;  commissioned  second 
lieutenant  April  22,  1863,  as  first  lieutenant  December  29, 
1864;  mustered  out  with  the  regiment. 

SECOND  LIEUTENANTS. 

JOHN  E.  DOYLE. 

Sergeant;    enlisted  November  5,  1861;    commissioned  second 


ROSTER    OF    COMPANY    H.  201 

lieutenant  June  1,  1865;   mustered  out  with  the  regiment  as 
sergeant.* 

SERGEANTS. 

WILLIAM  M.  HAZEN. 

Discharged  November  1,  1862,  disability. 
H.  F.  SOUDERE. 

Veteran;  died  September  24,  1864. 

JAMES  H.  BUNTAIN.    CORPORALS' 

Died  October  25,  1862. 
GEORGE  E.  MEEK. 
LEWIS  PRICE. 

Wounded  at  the  battle  of  Champion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16, 

1863;  mustered  out. 
J.  M.  ENSBERGER. 

Veteran;  promoted  sergeant;  mustered  out  September  4, 1865, 
JOHN  CHAMBERLAIN. 

Discharged  April  7, 1863. 
ABRAHAM  BRIGHT. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
.SAMUEL  E.  FISHER. 

Killed  at  Port  Gibson,  Miss.,  May  1,  1863. 
JOSEPH  McFARLAND. 

Died  at  New  Madrid,  Mo.,  March  13,  1862. 

PRIVATES. 

JOHN  H.  GILLASPIE. 

Detailed  musician;  transferred  to  non-commissioned  staff;  dis 
charged  May  15,  1863. 
ANDREW  BURSON. 

Detailed  musician;  discharged  June  22,  1862,  by  order. 
JOSHUA.  GOSSAGE. 

Detailed  wagoner;   discharged  December  27,  1863,  disability. 
MARSHALL  H.  AGER. 

Killed  at  the  battle  of  Champion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16, 1863. 
PETER  M.  BLEW. 

Discharged  May  31,  1862,  by  order. 
JOHN  BROWN. 

Died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  November  4,  1862. 
COMMODORE  S.  BURSON. 

Killed  at  the  battle  of  Champion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16,  1863. 
FLETCHER  BORDERS. 

Discharged  October  14,  1862,  by  order. 
JOHN  W.  BENEFIELD. 

Veteran;  promoted  corporal;  mustered  out  September  4, 1865. 

*  Not  mustered  as  lieutenant  because  company  was  below  minimum. 


202  THE    POETY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

ISAAC  CAMPBELL. 

Mustered  out  December  1, 1864. 

MICHAEL  B.  CRIST. 

Discharged  1863,  disability. 

GEORGE  CRIST. 
Discharged  1864. 

HENRY  CLAPP. 

Discharged  April,  1863. 

W.  H.  CRIST. 

Died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  October,  1862. 

MAURICE  CONNER. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
DANIEL  COBLE. 

Died  May  12,  1863,  of  wounds  received  at  the  battle  of  Port 

Gibson,  Miss.,  May  1,  1863. 
JOHN  M.  CLARK. 

Died  at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  August  1,1862. 
MATHIAS  CRIST. 

Discharged  May  21,  1862,  by  order. 
THOMAS  CAREY. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864. 
WILLIAM  B.  CLARK. 

Discharged  May  10,  1862,  by  order. 
GEORGE  CRUM. 

Mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
JACKSON  CAPPIS. 

Discharged  April  4,  1862. 
SAMUEL  DUNN. 

Died  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  May  13,  1864. 
JAMES  H.  DUPOY. 

Drowned  at  Osceola,  Ark.,  May  18,  1862. 
WILLIAM  DAVIDSON. 

Died  at  Camp  Wickliffe,  Ky.,  January  12,  1862. 
THOMAS  P.  DEMOSS. 

Veteran;  wounded  at  Riddle's  Point,  Mo.,  March  19,  1862; 

wounded  at  the  battle  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La.,  April  8y 

1864;  discharged  January  21,  1864,  disability. 
AARON  DUNFEE. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864. 
WILLIAM  ENYART. 

Discharged  May  31,  1862,  by  order. 
JAMES  C.  FISHER. 

Veteran;  promoted  corporal;  captured  at  the  battle  of  Sabine 

Cross  Roads,  La.,  April  8,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4,. 

1865. 


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WILLIAM  FALER. 

Veteran;  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Port  Gibson,  Miss.,  May  1, 
1863;  captured  at  the  battle  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La.,  April 
8,  1864;  died  at  home  June  13,  1865. 

SAMUEL  FISHER. 

Transferred  to  Mississippi  River  Marine  Brigade,  1862. 

WILLIAM  FALLIS. 

Discharged  1862,  by  order. 

JOHN  H.  GILL. 

Discharged  November,  1862,  disability. 

THOMAS  J.  GALBREATH. 

Discharged  May  31,  1862,  by  order. 

JOSEPH  GARBINSON. 

Died  1862. 
DANIEL  GARBINSON. 

Veteran;  captured  at  the  battle  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La.,. 

April  8,  1864;  mustered  out  July  15,  1865. 
GEORGE  GOOD. 

Died  at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  1862. 
JOHN  A.  GUNTER. 

Discharged  May  31,  1862. 
W.  T.  HAWKINS. 

Died  at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  1862. 
THOMAS  HOWARD. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864. 
HENRY  HERRICK. 

Discharged  1862,  by  order. 
LAWRENCE  HARTELROAD. 

Veteran;  promoted  corporal;  captured  at  the  battle  of  Sabine 

Cross  Roads,  La.,  April  8,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4,. 

1865. 
NELSON  HILAND. 

Discharged  May  31,  1862,  by  order. 
LEWIS  J.  HASKELL. 

Died  at  Bardstown,  Ky.,  January  31,  1862. 
JESSE  HEIGHT. 

Died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  July  22,  1862. 
THOMAS  B.  HEDGES. 

Veteran;    promoted   corporal;    promoted   sergeant;    mustered 

out  September  4,  1865. 
ANDREW  KETNER. 

Discharged  1862,  disability. 
Q.  O.  LITTLE. 
JOHN  LEACH,  SR. 

Discharged  June  22,  1862,  disability. 


204  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

JOHNSON  LIDYARD. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
THOMAS  S.  LONG. 

Discharged  February  5,  1863,  disability. 
GEORGE  LAMB. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

JOHN  A.  MOWRY. 

Veteran;  promoted  corporal;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
JOHN  MYERS. 

Discharged  May  31,  1862,  by  order. 

JOSIAH  H.  MAYER. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 

WILLIAM  MAYER. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 

JOHN  J.  MAYER. 

Veteran;  promoted  corporal;  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Cham 
pion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16,  1863;  mustered  out  September  4, 
1865. 

JOHN  N.  MULLENS. 

Veteran;  promoted  first  sergeant;  captured  at  the  battle  of 
Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La.,  April  8,  1864;  mustered  out  Septem 
ber  4,  1865. 

JOHN  McNAMAR. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

JOHN  McGLAUGHLIN. 

Discharged  1862,  disability. 

JACOB  OLIVER. 

Taken  prisoner  at  the  battle  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La.,  April 
8,  1864;  died  in  prison  at  Tyler,  Texas,  November,  1864. 

JOHN  OVERMYER. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 

GEORGE  W.  PASSINS. 

Died  at  Tiptonville,  Tenn.,  April  18,  1862. 

JAMES  PASSINS. 

Veteran;  captured  at  the  battle  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La., 
April  8,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

CHARLES  N.  RAVER. 

Discharged  May  31,  1862,  by  order. 

HENRY  P.  RAVER. 

Discharged  1862,  disability. 

GEORGE  M.  ROW. 

Mustered  out. 
JACOB  REICHARD. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 


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HENRY  REICHARD. 

Veteran;  promoted  corporal;  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Port 

Gibson,  Miss.,  May  1,  1863;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
JACOB  RUFF,  JR. 

Died  at  Evansville,  Ind.,  May  10,  1862. 
JAMES  RYAN. 

Drowned  at  St.  Charles,  Ark.,  June  18,  1862. 
ALLEN  W.  STEPHENS. 

Died  at  New  Orleans,  La.,  September  8,  1863. 
MARTIN  SHANK. 

Died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  February  22,  1863. 
ANDREW  J.  SKINNER. 

Veteran;  promoted  sergeant;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
CHARLES  SCHOBER. 

Discharged  1862. 
GEORGE  H.  TAYLOR. 

Discharged  May  31,  1862,  by  order. 
GEORGE  W.  TAYLOR,  SR. 

Discharged  May  31,  1862,  by  order. 
GEORGE  W.  TAYLOR,  JR. 

Discharged  1862. 
IRA  C.  WASHBURN. 

Died  at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  October,  1862. 
ELIHU  P.  WASHBURN. 

Veteran;  promoted  sergeant;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
DAVID  WOOD. 

Discharged  June  9,  1862,  by  order. 
GEORGE  WASHINGTON. 

Died  at  Evansville,  Ind.,  May  10,  1862. 
THOMAS  YOUNG. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 

RECRUITS. 

JOHN  K.  ALMA. 

Mustered  in  February  1,  1865;  mustered  out  September  14^ 

1865. 
JOHN  K.  BENEFIEL. 

Mustered  in  January  15,  1864;  died  at  Lexington,  Ky.,  April 

14,  1865. 
IRA  BROWN. 

Mustered  in  October  19,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
MICHAEL  B.  CHRIST. 

Mustered  in  March  13,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
GEORGE  DIAMOND. 
ISAAC  FELKER. 

Mustered  in  February  22, 1865;  mustered  out  September  4, 1865. 


206  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

RUFUS  GILLESPIE. 

Mustered  August  2,  1864;   promoted  corporal;   mustered  out 
September  4,  1865. 

ALBERT  HALL. 

Mustered  March,  1865;  promoted  corporal;  mustered  out  Sep 
tember  4,  1865. 

GEORGE  KEY. 

Mustered  February  22,  1865;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

JAMES  KEY. 

Mustered  February  22,  1865;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865, 

SAMUEL  F.  RAWLEY. 

Mustered  January  19, 1862;  died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  April  18, 1862. 

JOHN  F.  REAP. 

Mustered  February  22,  1865;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

CHARLES  N.  RAVER. 

Mustered  March  8,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

DAVID  SHUNK. 

Mustered  February  22,  1865;  mustered  out  July  15,  1865. 


COMPANY  I. 

[This  company  was  mustered  into  the  service  December  2,  1861.] 
CAPTAINS. 

JAMES  H.  THOMAS. 

Commissioned  October  4,  1861;  resigned  October  21,  1862. 

JOHN  W.  F.  LISTON. 

Commissioned  first  lieutenant  October  4,  1861,  as  captain 
October  22,  1862;  resigned  November  29,  1864. 

FREDERICK  FITCH. 

Corporal;  Enlisted  December  2,  1861;  appointed  sergeant 
January  22,  1864;  commissioned  captain  Jauuary  1,  1865;  mus 
tered  out  with  the  regiment. 

FIRST   LIEUTENANTS. 

JACOB  S.  McCOMICK. 

Sergeant;  enlisted  December  2,  1861;  commissioned  first  lieu 
tenant  October  22,  1862;  wounded  at  Champion's  Hill,  Miss., 
May  16,  1863;  mustered  out  on  expiration  of  term,  December 
28, 1864. 

ALBERT  J.  ABBOTT. 

Enlisted  December  2,  1861;  promoted  sergeant  October,  18bJ; 
commissioned  first  lieutenant  January  28,  1865;  mustered  out 
with  regiment. 


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SECOND   LIEUTENANTS. 

NAPOLEON  B.  BOOTH. 

Commissioned  second  lieutenant  October  4,  1861;  resigned 
May  21,  1862. 

JOSEPH  H.  BENNER. 

Sergeant;  enlisted  December  2,  1861;  commissioned  second 
lieutenant  May  22,  1862;  resigned  December  29, 1862. 

JACOB  HUDLOW. 

Sergeant;    enlisted  December  2,  1861;    commissioned  second 
lieutenant  December  30,  1862;   killed  at  Sabine  Cross  Roads 
La.,  April  8,  1864. 

ROBERT  H.  MARTIN. 

Enlisted  December  2, 1861;  appointed  corporal;  commissioned 
second  lieutenant  June  1,  1865;  mustered  out  with  regiment 
as  sergeant.* 

SERGEANTS. 

HAMPTON  C.  BOOTH. 

Discharged  May,  1862,  disability. 

D.  T.  KRISHER. 

Wounded  at  the  battle  of  Champion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16, 
1863;  mustered  out  December  12, 1864,  term  of  service  expired. 

CORPORALS. 

THOMAS  COOPER. 

Veteran;  promoted  sergeant;  mustered  out  September  4, 1865. 
J.  H.  MARTIN. 

Discharged  December  12,  1862,  disability. 
ROBERT  McELHENY. 

Mustered  out  December  12,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 

E.  A.  THOMAS. 

Veteran;  transferred  to  Company  G. 
JOHN  DOUGLAS. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 
HENRY  C.  CLUM. 

Died  at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  June  14,  1862. 

PRIVATES. 

WILLIAM  SPADER. 

Detailed  musician;  discharged  May  28,  1862,  disability. 

MARTIN  L.  SURFACE. 

Detailed  musician;  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Port  Gibson, 
Miss.,  May  1,  1863;  died  at  Evansville,  Ind.,  June  20,  1863, 
from  such  wounds. 

A.  HARONN. 

Detailed  wagoner;  discharged  May  28,  1862,  by  order,  disa 
bility. 

*Not  mustered  as  lieutenant  because  company  was  below  minimum. 


208  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

T.  G.  BUTTON. 

Killed  May  16,  1863,  at  the  battle  of  Champion's  Hill,  Miss.. 
ARTEMUS  BURNSWORTH. 

Drowned  in  Tallahatchie  river  March  6,  1863. 
J.  BRADY. 

Discharged  November,  1862,  disability. 
GEORGE  W.  BECKETT. 

Veteran;  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Port  Gibson,  Miss.,  May  1,. 

1863;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
JESSE  COLBERT. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 
W.  A.  CUSTER. 

Veteran;  transferred  to  Company  B  January  2,  1864. 
RICHARD  CALHOUN. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 
ALLEN  CALHOUN. 

Transferred  to  Sixteenth  Ohio  Battery  September  18,  1863. 
J.  CRISMER. 
ORVIL  DEPOT. 

Died  at  Cairo,  111.,  August,  1862. 
WALTER  DUNKLE. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 

G.  W.  DILTS. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 

JOHN  H.  ENGART. 

Veteran;  promoted  corporal;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
H.  FISHPAUGH. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
D.  R.  GARRETT. 
JOHN  GRASS,  JR. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
JOHN  GRAY. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
THOMAS  HUMBERT. 

Killed  at  the  battle  of  Champion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16,  1863. 
MILTON  HANCOCK. 

Died  at  Vicksburg,  Miss.,  July  27,  1863,  of  wounds  received  at 

the  battle  of  Jackson,  Miss.,  July  17,  1863. 
JOHN  HAMILTON. 

Veteran;   captured  at  the  battle  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La., 

April  8,  1864. 
G.  W.  HOOVER. 

Discharged  May  28,  1862,  by  order. 

SAMUEL  HUNTER. 

Died  at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  July  24,  1863. 


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ISAAC  JONES. 

Died  at  Bardstown,  Ky.,  January  25,  1862. 

SAMUEL  JOHNSON. 

Discharged  August  18, 1863,  on  account  of  wounds  received  at 
the  battle  of  Champion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16,  1863. 
V.  J.  JULIAN. 

Died  at  Logansport,  Ind.,  May  25,  1862. 

ANDREW  JOHNSON. 

Died  at  Logansport,  Ind.,  May,  1862. 

WILLIAM  F.  KEEF. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
JOHN  G.  KRELLER. 

Veteran;  promoted  corporal;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
JOHN  J.  KUSSMAIEL. 

Veteran;  promoted  corporal;  mustered  out  September  4,  1864. 
JEFFERSON  KISTLER. 

Killed  at  the  battle  of  Champion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16,  1863. 
SOLOMON  KLINE. 

Discharged  October  7,  1863,  on  account  of  wounds  received  at 

the  battle  of  Champion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16,  1863. 
JAMES  KERR. 

Discharged  May  28,  1862,  by  order. 

JOHN  MURPHY. 

Died  at  Lagro,  Ind.,  April  27,  1862. 
JOSEPH  MYERS. 

Discharged  September  19,  1862,  by  order,  disability. 
CHARLES  D.  MELLINGER. 

Killed  at  the  battle  of  Champion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16,  1863. 
WILLIAM  MAYER. 

Discharged  March  8,  1864,  disability. 
JOHN  MEANS. 
SAMUEL  McNALLY. 

Discharged  February  7,  1863,  disability. 
WILLIAM  OLIVER. 

Killed  at  the  battle  of  Champion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16,  1863. 
JOHN  H.  PERSINGER. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
BADLEY  PORTER. 

Veteran;  promoted  sergeant;  captured  at  the  battle  of  Sabine 

Cross  Roads,  La.,  April  8,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4, 

1865. 
GEORGE  W.  PORTER. 

Veteran;  promoted  sergeant;  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Cham 
pion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16,  1863;  mustered  out  September  4, 

1865. 


210  THE    FOKTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

C.  S.  PEABODY. 

Veteran;  promoted  sergeant;  wounded  at  Jackson,  Miss.,  July, 
1863;  captured  at  the  battle  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La.,  April 
8,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

J.  G.  PARISH. 

Killed  in  Arkansas,  near  the  mouth  of  White  river,  by  guer 
rillas,  June  28,  1862. 

LAWRENCE  RUFF. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 

WILLIAM  SPENCE. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 

WILLIAM  SCHOFER. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 

J.  B.  SCOTT. 

Mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

CHARLES  SEGRAVES. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

JONAS  STIVER. 

Died  May  29,  1863,  of  wounds  received  at  the  battle  of  Cham 
pion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16,  1863. 

VALENTINE  TODD. 

Mustered  out  October  2,  1865. 

JAMES  TODD. 

Died  at  Osceola,  Ark.,  April  15,  1862. 

JAMES  TUBBS. 

Discharged  October  15,  1863,  disability. 

HENRY  WHITMORE. 

Veteran;  promoted  sergeant;  wounded  at  battle  of  Cham 
pion's  Hill,  Miss.,  May  16,  1863;  mustered  out  September  4, 
1865. 

JOHN  WHITE. 

Veteran;  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Champion's  Hill,  Miss., 
May  16,  1863;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

J.  A.  WILSON. 

Veteran;  promoted  sergeant;  captured  at  the  battle  of  Sabine 
Cross  Roads,  La.,  April  8,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4, 
1865. 

ELI  P.  WASHBURN. 

Discharged  August  18,  1862. 

J.  E.  WARFIELD. 

Veteran;  discharged  June  22,  1864. 

J.  W.  WALTERS. 

Veteran;  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Champion's  Hill,  Miss., 
May  16,  1863;  died  at  Royal  Center,  Ind.,  July  10,  1864. 


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SAMUEL  WALTERS. 

Died  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  April  15,  1862. 
W.  J.  WALTERS. 

Discharged  February  9,  1863,  disability. 
TAYLOR  WILSON. 

Died  at  Memphis,  Term.,  October  28,  1862. 
D.  M.  WHITCOMB. 

Discharged  November  16,  1862,  disability. 
DENNIS  WHITMORE. 

Died  at  Evansville,  Ind.,  April  15,  1862. 
J.  J.  WILEY. 

Discharged  January  13,  1863,  disability. 
JOHN  VERNON. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 


RECRUITS. 

JAMES  AIKEN. 

Mustered  in  August  1,  1864. 
WILLIAM  BARBOUR. 

Mustered  in  January  27,  1864;  mustered  out  August  9,  1865. 
ISAAC  BELEW. 

Mustered  in  March  29,  1865;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
JAMES  H.  BARNHART. 

Mustered  in  November  3,  1864. 
THEODORE  COX. 

Mustered  in  February  29,  1864. 
HENRY  DAVIS. 

Mustered  in  February  22,  1862;  died  May  18,  1863,  of  wounds 

received  at  the  battle  of  Port  Gibson,  Miss.,  May  1,  1863. 
CHARLES  DAVIDSON. 

Mustered  in  September  22,  1862;  mustered  out  July  17,  1865. 
EPHRAIM  EDMONDS. 

Mustered  in  January  27,  1864;  died  at  New  Orleans,  La.,  July 

30,  1864. 

AUGUST  EBERLINE. 

Mustered  March  29,  1865;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
GEORGE  W.  GRUM. 

Mustered  February  22, 1862;  promoted  quartermaster  sergeant; 

discharged  January  3,  1865,  disability. 
JOHN  GRASS,  SB. 

Mustered  February  3,  1864;   mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
WILLIAM  R.  GURLEY. 

Veteran;    mustered  January  2,  1864;    mustered  out  September 

4,  1865. 


212  THE   FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

DANIEL  GROFT. 

Mustered  January  27,  1864;   mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

ISAAC  GROFT. 

Mustered  January  27,  1864;  died  at  New  Orleans,  La.,  Sep 
tember  30,  1864. 

GEORGE  HAMILTON. 

Mustered  February  1,  1862;  died  at  St.  Charles,  Ark.,  July  1, 
1862. 

DANIEL  HARROD. 

Mustered  March  26,  1862;  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Port  Gib 
son,  Miss.,  May  1,  1863;  mustered  out  March  25,  1865. 

LEVI   HOCKERSMITH. 

Mustered  January  27,  1864;  mustered  out  March  25,  1865. 

WILLIAM  HULL. 

Mustered  January  27,  1864;  mustered  out  August  21,  1865. 

WILLIAM  HENRY. 

Mustered  January  27,  1864;  mustered  out  August  21,  1865. 

JAMES  A.  HOLMS. 

Mustered  March  10,  1864. 

LEWIS  KELLY. 

Mustered  March  10,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

JOHN  KELLY. 

Mustered  August  1,  1864. 

JACOB  LIGHTCAP. 

Mustered  March  10, 1864;  died  at  New  Orleans,  La.,  June  18, 
1864. 

JULIUS  MAYER. 

Mustered  February  1,  1862;  promoted. 

EDWARD  P.  MOWER. 

Mustered  January  27,  1864;  promoted  corporal;  mustered  out 
September  4,  1865. 

HIRAM  MOORE. 

Mustered  July  19,  1864;  promoted  corporal;  mustered  out 
September  4,  1865. 

AMOS  ORPIT. 

Veteran;  mustered  December  24,  1861;  captured  at  the  battle 
of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La.,  April  8,  1864;  wounded  at  Jack 
son,  Miss.,  July,  1863. 

MOSES  C.  PASINGER. 

Mustered  in  December  16,  1862;  died  at  Indianapolis,  Ind., 
May  1,  1863. 

WILLIAM  PARKER. 

Mustered  in  February  29,  1864;  died  at  Lagro,  Ind.,  October 
30,  1864. 


ROSTER    OF    COMPANY   K.  213 

GEORGE  SCHLEH. 

Mustered  in   September  22,  1862;   wounded  at  the  battle  of 

Port  Gibson,  Miss.,  May  1,  1863;  killed  at  the  battle  of  Sabine 

Cross  Roads,  La.,  April  8,  1864. 
RICHARD  SANBURN. 

Mustered  in  September  22,  1862;  mustered  out  July  17,  1865. 
GEORGE  STETLER. 

Mustered  in  January  27,  1864;  mustered  out  July  17,  1865. 
JOHN  SCHRADER. 

Mustered  in  February  3,  1864;  mustered  out  July  17,  1865. 
GEORGE  W.  SHRADER. 

Mustered   in   January  27,  1864;   died  at  New  Orleans,  La., 

September  15,  1864. 
FREDRICK  SCHRADER. 

Mustered  in  February  3,  1864;  died  at  New  Orleans,  La.,  May 

JOHN  VOORH1S. 

Mustered  in  January  27, 1865;  mustered  out  September  4, 1865. 
SAMUEL  L.  YERNON. 

Mustered  in  March  29,  1865;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 


COMPANY  K. 

[This  company  was  mustered  into  the  U.  S.  Service  Novembers,  1861.] 
CAPTAINS. 

BENJAMIN  A.  GROVER. 

Commissioned  October  4,  1861;  resigned  July  22,  1863. 
ROBERT  M.  SHIELDS. 

Commissioned  second  lieutenant  October  4,  1861,  captain  July 

23,  1862;   mustered  out  December  12,  1864,  term  of  service 

expired. 
CHESTER  CHAMBERLAIN. 

Corporal;    enlisted    December   11,   1861;    commissioned   first 

lieutenant  July  1,  1864,  captain  December  13,  1864;  mustered 

out  with  regiment. 


FIRST  LIEUTENANTS. 

JOHN  McCLUNG. 

Sergeant;  enlisted  December  11,  1861;  commissioned  second 
lieutenant  April  30,  1862,  first  lieutenant  July  23,  1863;  killed 
at  the  battle  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La.,  April  8,  1864. 


214  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

GEORGE  C.  HORN. 

Mustered  into  service  December  15,  1861;  appointed  com 
missary  sergeant  September  16,  1862;  commissioned  first  lieu 
tenant  January  16,  1865;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 


SECOND   LIEUTENANTS. 

JACOB  H.  LEITER. 

Commissioned  second  lieutenant  October  4,  1861;  resigned 
April  30,  1862. 

JOHN  M.  VAN  METER. 

Sergeant;  enlisted  December  11,  1861;  captured  at  the  battle 
of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La.,  April  8,  1864;  commissioned 
second  lieutenant  June  1,  1865;  mustered  out  as  sergeant  with 
regiment.  * 

SERGEANTS. 

GEORGE  VAN  METER. 

Died  on  Mississippi  river  February  26,  1862. 

HENRY  A.  BRUND. 

Discharged  January  4,  1863,  disability. 

J.  C.  MOSES. 

Discharged  February  14,  1863,  disability. 

LEVI  BURTCH. 

Discharged  September  25,  186-,  disability. 

CORPORALS. 

AMBROSE  McVOKE. 

Veteran;  captured  at  the  battle  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La.r 
April  8,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

O.  C.  SMITH. 

Discharged  September  20,  1862,  disability. 

JOHN  MARSHMAN. 

Veteran;  discharged  March  30,  1865,  disability. 

JOHN  VICE. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  16,  1865. 

SIMON  MILLER. 

Discharged  July  3,  1863,  disability. 

JONAS  HICKSON. 

Died  at  Riddle's  Point,  Mo.,  April  7,  1862. 

SHERMAN  HASKILL. 

Discharged  June  10,  1862,  by  order. 

*  Not  mustered  as  lieutenant  because  company  was  below  minimum. 


ROSTER    OF    COMPANY    K.  215 

PRIVATES. 

JOHN  STRADLEY. 

Detailed  musician;  discharged  February  20,  1863,  disability 

JOHN  HUFFMAN. 

Detailed  wagoner;  discharged  June  10,  1862,  by  order. 

LARKIN  ADAMSON. 

Killed  at  the  battle  of  Port  Gibson,  Miss.,  May  1,  1863 

ROBERTSON  ADAMSON. 

Veteran;  promoted  sergeant;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

A.  B.  ANDREWS. 

Discharged  July  31,  1862,  disability. 
D.  R.  BALL. 

Veteran;  promoted  sergeant;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
J.  R.  BELL. 

Died  at  Evansville,  Ind.,  September,  1862. 
ISAAC  BEMENDERFER 

Discharged  June  10,  1862,  by  order. 
THOMAS  BLACKETER. 

Died  at  Camp  Wickliffe,  Ky.,  January  21,  1862. 
WILLIAM  BROCKUS. 

Died  at  Bardstown,  Ky.,  January  19,  1862. 
JESSE  BUZAN. 

Discharged  June  10,  1862,  by  order. 
SIMON  CAMP. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
ELIJA  CLISE.. 

Died  at  Mound  City,  111.,  September  8,  1862. 
DANIEL  CLISE. 

Died  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  October  18,  1862. 
A.  P.  COLLINS. 

Discharged  June  10,  1862,  by  order. 
WILLIAM  COOK. 

Veteran;    wounded  at  the  battle  of  Champion's  Hill,  Miss., 

May  16,  1864;   captured  at  the  battle  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads, 

La.,  April  8,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
CHARLES  W.  COLWELL. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
WILLIAM  DAVIS. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865 
JOSEPH   GAUDEY. 

Died  at  Bardstown,  Ky.,  February  9,  1862. 
LEVI  R.  HASKILL. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4. 
ADAM  GAUDEY. 

Promoted  corporal;  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Port  Gibson, 


216  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

Miss.,  May  1,  1863,  losing  right  arm;    discharged  August  8, 
1863,  because  of  wounds. 

J.  HARDY. 

Discharged  June  10,  1862,  by  order. 

JOHN  A  HOOVER. 

Died  of   wounds  received  at  the  battle  of  Champion's  Hill, 
Miss.,  May  16,  1863. 

SAMUEL  HOOVER. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  with  regiment. 

WILLIAM  HUNTER. 
JACOB  HEAD. 

D.  C.  JENKINS. 

Veteran;  captured  at  the  battle  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La., 
April  8,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

JOHN  JOHNSON. 

Veteran;  promoted  sergeant;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
SAMUEL  JOHNSON. 

Veteran;  captured  at  the  battle  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La., 

April  8,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
WILLIAM  JOHNSON. 

Killed  at  Fort  Pemberton,  Miss.,  April  14,  1863. 
ASBURY  JOHNSON. 

Died  at  Camp  Wickliffe,  Ky.,  February  9,  1862. 
ISRAEL  JOHNSON. 

Discharged  November,  1862. 
WILLIAM  KREGHBAUM. 

Veteran;  captured  at  the  battle  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La., 

April  8,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 
JEFFERSON  MARSHMAN. 

Veteran;  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La., 

April  8,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

GEORGE  W.  MATHEWS. 

Veteran;  captured  at  the  battle  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La., 
April  8,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

LEWIS  MESNER. 

Captured  at  Vermillionsville,  La.,  November  12,  1863;  mus 
tered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 

THOMAS  McCLEARY. 

Discharged  June  10,  1862,  by  order. 

JACOB  MILLER. 

Discharged  June  10,  1862,  by  order. 

GEORGE  C.  MOORE. 

Veteran;  promoted  corporal;  captured  at  the  battle  of  Sabine 
Cross  Roads,  La.,  April  8,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4, 

1865. 


EOSTER    OF    COMPANY    K.  217 

WILLIAM  MOORE. 

Died  at  Camp  Wickliffe,  Ky.,  January  29,  1862. 

CHARLES  PASTERS. 

Discharged  September  25,  1862,  disability. 

J.  P.  TEAM. 

Died  at  Bardstown,  Ky.,  March  17,  1862. 

JOHN  RITCHEY. 

Discharged  January  15,  1863. 

H.  S.  RITCHEY. 

Died  at  St.  Louis,  Mo.,  October  23,  1862. 

FRISBY  N.  RICHARDSON. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

F.  M.  RIED. 

Discharged  June  10,  1862. 

JOSEPH  T.  ROSS. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

JAMES  ROSS. 

Discharged  June  10,  1862,  by  order. 

MICHAEL   ROONEY. 

HENRY  SAILOR. 

Drowned  in  Mississippi  river  August  20,  1862. 

T.  W.  SCOTT. 

Killed  at  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La.,  April  8,  1864. 

ANDREW  SHAMP. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864vterm  of  service  expired. 

JESSE  SHAMP. 

Veteran;  captured  at  the  battle  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La., 
April  8,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

SAMUEL  SHIELDS. 

Discharged  June  10,  1862,  by  order. 

ELMORE  SHELT. 

Veteran;  captured  at  the  battle  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La., 
April  8,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

ELIHTJ  SHAFER. 

Veteran;  wounded  at  Fort  Pemberton,  Miss.,  1863;  captured 
at  the  battle  of  Sabine  Cross  Roads,  La.,  April  8,  1864;  mus 
tered  out  September  4,  1865. 

JOHN   STALLARD. 

Veteran;  promoted  corporal;  captured  at  the  battle  of  Sabine 
Cross  Roads,  La.,  April  8,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4, 
1865. 

STEPHEN  SHEPPARD. 

WILLIAM  SNYDAM. 

Mustered  out  December  1,  1864,  term  of  service  expired. 


218  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

THEODORE  W.  STRINGHAM. 

Died  at  St.  Charles,  Ark.,  January  20,  1863. 

WALLACE  TRUE. 

Discharged  June  10,  1862,  by  order. 

WILBER  TRUSLOW. 

Veteran;  promoted  corporal;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

GEORGE  UPDERGRAFF. 

Died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  September  23,  1862. 

HIRAM  WHITTENBERGER. 

Discharged  February  14,  1863,  disability. 

JOHN  B.  WHITTENBERGER. 

Appointed    sergeant    January  24,   1862;     died   at    Memphis,. 
Tenn.,  October  7,  1862. 

LYMAN  WHITE. 

Transferred  to  Sixteenth  Ohio  Battery  April  20,  1863. 

TIMOTHY  WILLIAMS. 

Died  at  Helena,  Ark.,  October  16,  1862. 

FRANCIS  WILKINSON. 

Discharged  June  10,  1862,  by  order. 

WILLIAM  WOODS. 

Veteran;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

RECRUITS. 

WILLIAM  BINKLEY. 

Mustered  February  2,  1865;   mustered  out  September  5,  1865. 

CELESTINE  BRASANHAM. 

Mustered  March  1,  1864;   died  at  Lexington,  Ky.,  February  4, 

1865. 

JESSE  BUZAN. 

Mustered  in  January  25, 1864;  mustered  out  September  4, 1865. 

NATHAN  CARR. 

Mustered  in  January  27,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

WILLIAM  CHAMBERLAIN. 

Mustered  in  March  1,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

JOHN  L.  CLOUSE. 

Mustered  in  March  9,  1864;  transferred  to  Veteran  Reserve 
Corps;  mustered  out  September  14,  1865. 

SAMUEL  DRAKE. 

Discharged  June  10,  1862,  disability. 

DAVID  HALLER. 

Mustered  in  October  28,  1862;  discharged  February  5,  1863, 
disability. 


ROSTER    OF    COMPANY    K.  219 

ROSCOE  G.  HUTCHENS. 

Mustered  in  October  28, 1862;  mustered  out  September  4, 1865. 

WILLIAM  H.  HUNTER. 

Mustered  in  March  8,  1865;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

ISRAEL  D.  JOHNSON. 

Mustered  in  February  2,  1865;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

JEROME  JOHNSON. 

Mustered  in  February  2, 1865;  mustered  out  September  4, 1865. 

LEVI  JOHNSON. 

Mustered  in  February  2, 1865;  mustered  out  September  4, 1865. 

THOMAS  McCLEARY. 

Mustered  in  February  2, 1865;  mustered  out  September  4, 1865. 

THOMAS  McCLEARY. 

Mustered  in  July  29,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

JOHN  MILLER. 

Mustered  in  July  29,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

JACOB  R.  MILLER. 

Mustered  in  February  2,  1865;  discharged  May  16,  1865,  disa 
bility. 

SAMUEL  MILLER. 

Mustered  in  February  2, 1862;  mustered  out  September  4, 1865. 

ABRAHAM  MONEYSMITH. 

Mustered  in  February  2, 1865;  mustered  out  September  4, 1865. 

GEORGE  K.  MUMMERT. 

Mustered  in  March  14,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

WILLIAM  ORAN. 

Mustered  in  March  11,  1864;  mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

FRANK  M.  RIED. 

Mustered  in  June  30,  1862;  mustered  out  June  30,  1865. 

JOHN  ROONEY. 

Mustered  in  February  2, 1865;  mustered  out  September  4, 1865. 

NELSON  G.  SEPPY. 

Mustered  in  April  11,  1862;  died  at  Memphis,  Tenn.,  August 
31,  1862.  • 

ENOS  O.  STRINGHAM. 

Mustered  in  April  11,  1862;  mustered  out  April  11,  1865. 

JOHN  H.  STAILEY. 

Mustered  in  February  2, 1865;  mustered  out  September  4, 1865. 

WILLIAM  E.  SUTTON. 

Mustered  in  April  11,  1862;  died  at  Fort  Pillow,  Tenn.,  May 
15,  1862. 


220  THE    FORTY-SIXTH    INDIANA. 

DAVID  STUDABAKER. 

Mustered  in  March  1,  1864;  mustered  out  June  6,  1865. 

RICHARD  WAGONER. 

Mustered  February  2,  1865;   mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

JOHN  YOUNT. 

Mustered  February  2,  1865;   mustered  out  September  4,  1865. 

ELLIS  LONG. 

Discharged  April  16,  1862,  disability. 

• 

UNASSIGNED  RECRUITS. 

JOHN  ANDERSON. 

Mustered  September  19,  1864. 

MILES  W.  BRAGG. 

Mustered  August  5,  1864. 

ORSON  A.  CROFOOT. 

Mustered  October  23,  1862. 

JOHN  ELKINS. 

Mustered  February  1,  1865. 

JOSEPH  LAYTON. 

Mustered  October  29, 1862. 

JULIUS  PLANT. 

Mustered  January  4,  1864. 

JOHN  RYAN. 

Mustered  November  15,  1864. 

ITHIA  SHEPPARD. 

Mustered  March  31,  1864. 


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